Eugenio H. Lopez, Sr. Pioneering Entrepreneur and Business Leader

Diliman, Quezon City: Leadership, Citizenship and Democracy Program, College of Public Administration, University of the Philippines, 1998. Near Fine condition in a Good dust jacket. The jacket is bright and shiny but is rated only Good due to thin air bubbles beneath the jacket's clear plastic laminate (as usual with this book -- a manufacturing defect). NO chips, tears or fading. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. Bound in the original red leatherette, stamped in bright gold. Complete with dust jacket. López was portrayed by Armando Goyena in the 1995 film Eskapo. From Wikipedia: "Eugenio "Eñing" Hofileña López Sr. (July 20, 1901 - July 5, 1975) was a leading business figure in the Philippines. He was the founder of López Group of Companies. He belonged to the prominent López family of Iloilo, one of the leading political families in the Philippines... López began as a provincial bus operator, and eventually became chairman of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation, the Philippine's largest media conglomerate, and president of the Manila Electric Company (Meralco).[citation needed] In 1972 he accepted a Distinguished Service Award from the Harvard Business School, but several months later was compelled by President Ferdinand Marcos to sign over his shares in Meralco, was stripped of his holdings and forced into exile. His eldest child and heir apparent, Eugenio López Jr., or Geny, was jailed on charges of conspiring to assassinate Ferdinand Marcos. This was carried out by Marcos in order for Don Eñing, who was at that time was in exile in United States to sell his businesses to him, his family and relatives and to his cronies. At one time, Marcos would send the then-Philippine Ambassador to the US, Benjamin Romualdez, a brother of then-First Lady Imelda Marcos, to San Francisco, California, where the elder López was living along with his daughter, Precy and her Greek husband Steve Psinakis, to convince him to relinquish ownership of his businesses in his home country in order for it to sell to his entourage with a promise that his eldest child, Geny, would be released from jail. Don Eñing agreed, but his firstborn would remain in detention. As a result, he was double-crossed by the Marcos regime and his businesses were then completely in their hands. He was later diagnosed with cancer and died on July 5, 1975.". 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xvii, 429 p., xxxii p. of plates,. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.