Martin "Mark" Lagdameo Lopez is the chairman of

ABS-CBN Corporation ABS-CBN Corporation is a Filipino media company based in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the largest entertainment and media conglomerate in the Philippines. It is a subsidiary of Lopez Holdings Corporation which is owned b ...

, the largest entertainment and

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in the

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, with investments primarily in television, radio, cable telecommunications, and film production.

Education

Lopez completed

INSEAD INSEAD, a contraction of "Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires" () is a non-profit business school that maintains campuses in Europe (Fontainebleau, France), Asia (Singapore), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, UAE), and North America (San ...

’s general management program in 2017, received his Executive Masters in Business Administration degree from the

Asian Institute of Management The Asian Institute of Management (AIM) is an international management school and research institution. It is one of the few business schools in Asia to be internationally accredited with the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Busines ...

in 2003, and earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from

Menlo College Menlo College is a private college specializing in business and is located in Atherton, California. Campus Menlo College is situated on 45-acre (0.18 km2) campus in Atherton, California, 25 miles southeast of San Francisco and 20 miles nort ...

, California in 1994.

Career

Before joining ABS-CBN, Lopez was the vice president and chief information officer of

Manila Electric Company The Manila Electric Company (), also known as Meralco (, ), is an electric power distribution company in the Philippines. It is Metro Manila's only electric power distributor and holds the power distribution franchise for 22 cities and 89 munic ...

(Meralco). He also served as president of e-Meralco Ventures Inc until 2010. He joined ABS-CBN as its chief technology officer. As chief technology officer, he set the company’s strategic directions and ensured operational excellence in information and communications, and technology broadcast engineering. Lopez was elected chairman on April 18, 2018, succeeding his cousin Eugenio "Gabby" Lopez III, who served as chairman since 1997. On October 2, 2020, Lopez was elected vice-chairman of

Lopez Holdings Corporation Lopez Holdings Corporation (formerly Benpres Holdings Corporation until July 5, 2010) is a Filipino conglomerate founded by the brothers Eugenio Lopez, Sr. and Fernando Lopez, Sr. It has substantial holdings in the public service and utilities ...

References

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Menlo College alumni Asian Institute of Management alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people)