Eugenio Lopez Jr.

Eugenio "Geny" Moreno Lopez Jr. (Tagalog: [juˈhɛnjo ˈlɔpɛs]; November 4, 1928 – June 28, 1999) was the chairman emeritus of ABS-CBN Corporation from 1997 to 1999.

He was educated at San Beda College, the Ateneo de Manila, Virginia Military Institute where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, and Harvard University where he earned an MBA from Harvard Business School.

[2] In 1956, he purchased equipment for the radio and television stations of ABS-CBN Corporation, which his father owned.

[citation needed] Lopez died of cancer on June 28, 1999, in Hillsborough, California,[3] six months before the inauguration of the Millennium Transmitter and the new office building and studio annex of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center.

Lopez was portrayed by Christopher de Leon in the 1995 film Eskapo.