The Rufino-Prieto Family
The Inquirer Group of Companies belongs to the Rufino-Prieto family, who owns the Philippine Daily Inquirer, inquirer.net, DZIQ 990 Inquirer Radio, Inquirer Bandera, and Inquirer Libre.
The family is also into printing, content production, real estate, and logistics. The Prieto family, headed by Marixi, owned Bataan Pulp and Paper Mills Inc. and used to supply paper for the Philippine Daily Inquirer, until the family bought ownership of the newspaper in the 1990s.
The matriarch, Marixi Rufino-Prieto, is the chair of Inquirer Holdings, Inc. the umbrella company of Inquirer’s media and other businesses. Her daughter, Ma. Alexandra "Sandy" Prieto- Romualdez is the CEO.
Sandy is married to mining executive Benjamin Philip G. Romualdez, brother of House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez. The Romualdezes are also media owners. Philip chairs the newspaper, Manila Standard. Martin, meanwhile, has his own media empires, the Philippine Media Collective Corporation (PCMC), operating radio stations in Tacloban, and Prime Media Holdings, Inc., which entered into a joint venture with ABS-CBN Corporation to operate and manage DWPM Radyo 630. However, there is no documentary proof of his ownership of Prime Media.
Marixi and her family were included in the 2007 and 2008 Forbes’ list of richest Filipinos, ranking 39th and 40th, respectively. But the family’s wealth did not only come from their media empire, as they are also involved in other businesses, particularly with the following real estate companies: Marilex Realty Development Corporation, Corinthian Commercial Corporation, Lexmedia Realty Corporation and Sunvar Realty Development Corporation.
Marilex has projects in elite subdivisions such as Forbes Park, San Lorenzo Village and The Fort Global City. Corinthian, meanwhile, caters to middle-income families with affordable residential houses such as Corinthian Homes in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. One of the projects of Lexmedia is Casa Bougainvillea-- a condominium in Makati to cater to employees of Philippine Daily Inquirer. Lastly, Sunvar developed 82-hectare elite subdivision Corinthian Gardens along EDSA.
Mercedes “Peachy” Prieto, Marixi’s sister-in-law, is among the top three shareholders of Inquirer Holdings. Aside from this she also runs restaurant and cafe Casa Roces in Malacanang.
Inquirer Holdings is owned by Pinnacle Printers Corporation, an investment and holding company owned by the Rufino-Prieto family.
Business
Holding company
Linq Information Entertainment Quadrant
Inquirer Holdings, Inc.
Pentap Equities & Holdings Corporation
Pinnacle Printers Corporation
Wholesale/retail
Print Town, Inc.
Freight forwarding
DAG Express Courier, Inc.
Real estate
Corinthian Commercial Corporation
Coventry Corporation
Ionian Realty and Development Corporation
Marilex Realty Development Corporation
Real Estate
Lexmedia Realty
Investment
Mediacom Equities
Treasurekeeper Holdings
Logistics
Delivery Access Group Xpress Courier
Education
Inquirer Academy
Family & Friends
Affiliated Interests Family Members Friends
is the husband of Ma. Alexandra “Sandy” Romualdez. He is a mining executive and chair of the Manila Standard Today. House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez is his brother, and President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. is their cousin.
is the current House Speaker. He belongs to the Romualdez political and business clan of Leyte. He has his own media company, Philippine Collective Media Corporation, operating radio stations in Tacloban. He recently expanded his business through partnership agreements with Prime Media Holdings, in which he also has a stake, despite no documentary proof, and ABS-CBN Corporation.
is the chairman of MediaQuest Holdings, Inc., which wholly owns Hastings Holdings, Inc.
Treasurekeeper Holdings, Inc., which is wholly owned by Rufino-Prieto siblings —Sandy, brother Paolo and sister Ma. Theresa "Tessa" Prieto-Valdez — is listed among the “subsidiary/affiliate” of Hastings Holdings, Inc., which is wholly owned by MediaQuest. However, the nature of the affiliation is not clearly communicated as Hastings does not appear among the shareholders of Treasurekeeper.
is the son of Mercedes “Peachy” Prieto. He is the husband of Inquirer Holdings chair, Marixi. Alejandro is from the Roces clan, original owners of The Manila Times.
