Tag: family conglomerates

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  [2008] San Miguel changes hands with GSIS: The end of the Meralco saga?

  NOTE: This was a story I wrote a year as part of my coverage of the Lopez family’s battle against a hostile Arroyo government in 2008. The family business was under attack due to the conglomerate’s media arm ABS-CBN’s news coverage that was critical of the then Arroyo government. This story is a post-mortem of…

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  What the Ayala-Razon deal on Manila Water means

  Two of the richest Filipino families just announced a water deal that is suspect for its timing. One is at the bitter end of Duterte’s tirades against the business elite, the other an ally.

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  Ayala has most family members named ‘Management Man of the Year’

  FERNANDO ZOBEL DE AYALA is Management Man of the Year 2018, the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) announced today. This makes the Zobel de Ayalas the family with most members (three) in this elite list. Previous to Fernando, his father Jaime and brother Jaime Augusto, or JAZA, were separately featured as “Management Man of…

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  Dennis Uy on business and politics: What’s next won’t be what was

  Businessman Dennis Uy, a close friend of President Rodrigo Duterte, delivers a speech on being a disruptor