A family affair; MVP an exception
[Translate to Tagalog:] Businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan is in three of the country’s top media outfits: Philippine Star, TV5, and Philippine Daily Inquirer.
He is a rarity, those talked about as the power behind companies who help shape the future of the country because none of his family members is known to be involved in his business companies. A number of media companies in the country are family-owned. Which is not surprising.
A 2017 survey by Credit Suisse Research Institute showed family-owned businesses dominate the Philippine landscape, ranking 11th globally in the high number of family-run companies.
Oftentimes, it is intergenerational. The current managers of ABS-CBN are grandchildren of sugar and shipping magnate Eugenio Lopez, Sr.
At the Philippine Star, Miguel Belmonte is CEO, Kevin, who is managing the broadsheet’s online website, and Isaac, who used to head the editorial board, are sons of one of the founders, Betty Go-Belmonte.
The Manila Broadcasting Company, which runs DZRH, is being managed by grandchildren of the Elizalde brothers —Joaquin Miguel, Manuel, and Federico— all descendants of Spanish businessman Joaquin Marcelino Elizalde.
The mother-daughter team of Marixi Rufino-Prieto and Sandy Prieto-Romualdez are running the Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI), which also counts three Prietos in its board: Bryan Christopher Prieto, Paolo Romeo R. Prieto, and Javier Vicente D. Rufino.
Among Filipinos, involving children, grandchildren and relatives in the family business is a common practice, and is actually a culture.
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[Translate to Tagalog:] Birthday greeting for Eric S. Canoy (2023), RMN Foundation, Inc. official LinkedIn account
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[Translate to Tagalog:] Simplicity, sincerity and surprises at The Times patriarch's birthday (Photo of Dante Arevalo Ang (2022), The Manila Times official website
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[Translate to Tagalog:] Times head named to Clark firm's board (Photo of Dante “Klink” Ang) (2023), The Manila Times official website
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[Translate to Tagalog:] Photo of Iglesia Ni Cristo Central Temple (Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City) by Patrick Roque (2018), Wikipedia.org official website
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[Translate to Tagalog:] Photo of Luis Miguel V. Castillo, Far East Broadcasting Company
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[Translate to Tagalog:] BENS-CMR Reception (Photo of Manuel “Manny” V. Pangilinan) (2023), United States Embassy in the Philippines official Flickr account,
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[Translate to Tagalog:] Calida blocks Maria Ressa's travel for Nobel Prize: She's a 'flight risk' (Photo of Maria Ressa) (2021), Rappler.com official website
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[Translate to Tagalog:] A New Era: Gozon announces Duavit as GMA’s new CEO in 2024 (Photos of Gilberto Duavit, Jr. and Joel Marcelo G. Jimenez) (2023), GMA News Online official website,
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[Translate to Tagalog:] GMA Chairman and CEO Atty. Felipe L. Gozon marks 84th birthday in the company of family and friends (Photo of Gozon and daughter Anna Teresa “Annette” Gozon-Valdes) (2023), GMA News Online official website,
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[Translate to Tagalog:] LOOK: Two of the mother-and-child partnerships at the ongoing Sta. Elena Cup member-guest at Sta. Elena. (Photo of Sandy and Marixi Rufino-Prieto) (2023), Inquirer Golf official Facebook page
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