Eugenio "Geny" Moreno Lopez Jr. (; November 4, 1928 – June 28, 1999) was the chairman emeritus of

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from 1997 to 1999. He was known within the Lopez Group of Companies as "''Kapitán''" ( Filipino for "Captain"). His great-grandfather Eugenio J. Lopez (1839–1906) was known as "''Kapitán'' Eugenio" ("Captain Eugenio") during his time.

Early life

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He was born as Eugenio Moreno Lopez in 1928 in

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. His parents were Eugenio Lopez Sr. and Pacita Moreno. He was a nephew of former Philippine Vice President Fernando Lopez. He was educated at San Beda College, the Ateneo de Manila,

Virginia Military Institute The Virginia Military Institute (VMI) is a public senior military college in Lexington, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1839 as America's first state military college and is the oldest public senior military college in the U.S. In k ...

where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, and

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where he earned an MBA from

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. In 1956, he purchased equipment for the radio and television stations of

, which his father owned. He would later lead ABS-CBN as its president until 1972. His father remained as the chairman and CEO.

Death

Lopez died of cancer on June 28, 1999, in

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, six months before the inauguration of the Millennium Transmitter and the new office building and studio annex of

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. The office building was named in his memory.

In popular culture

Lopez was portrayed by

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in the 1995 film ''

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''.

References

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