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Zóbel de Ayala family

Filipino business family

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Zóbel and the second or maternal family name is de Ayala.

Zóbel de Ayala
Current region	Manila, Philippines
Founded
Founder	Jacobo Zóbel y Zangroniz (1842–1896) Trinidad de Ayala (1856–1918)
Connected families	Róxas de Ayala

The Zóbel de Ayala clan is a prominent Filipino family of Spanish and German descent who were the founders of Ayala y Compañía (now Ayala Corporation) and patrons of the Premio Zóbel literary awards. The clan is directly descended from Jacobo Zóbel y Zangroniz (1842–1896) and Trinidad de Ayala (1856–1918). Ayala y Compañía (established in 1876) traces its origins to Casa Róxas, a business partnership established in 1834 between Domingo Róxas (1792–1843) and Antonio de Ayala (1803–1876).

History

Jacobo Zóbel (1842–1896)

Jacobo Zóbel y Zangroniz was the son of Jakob Hinsch Zóbel and Ana Maria Zangroniz (daughter of a justice at the Real Audiencia of Manila, who had come from an old family in Navarra,

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The Women Behind 8 of the Philippines’ Most Successful Businessmen

The Women
Behind 8 of the Philippines’
Most Successful Businessmen
by Abu Poblete

It’s easy to pinpoint the country’s most successful businessmen; they’ve got their names in everything and almost anything, which is why everyone from every walk of life knows them. But as the saying goes, “Behind every great man is an even greater woman,” there will always be that one hardworking woman who helped push these businessmen into their current positions of power.

Apart from celebrating International Women’s Month with Facebook posts, restaurant promos and free stuff like train rides (hi, LRT2!), let’s take a look at 8 inspiring women.

8. Grace Tan Caktiong

via inquirer.net

Grace Tan Caktiong isn’t only the wife of the founder of Jollibee Tony Caktiong–she’s also a philanthropist who always goes the extra mile to help those in need. Mrs. Caktiong is the president of the Jollibee Foundation, which is responsible for the Busog, Lusog, Talino (BLT) School Feeding Program that has helped 14

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Tales of the Late, Last Toyota King of the Philippines

In 1987, a year after the Marcoses fell, so did RCS’ fortunes. Also, Beatriz passed away in October of that year and, surprisingly for a family of such means, died intestate, i.e., without a will. That set off a whole set of wheels in motion.

Due to overlapping occurrences and the turbulence in the personal and public spheres of RCS’ life, and the cover up of the dissolution and decline of same, it has been difficult to create an exact and coherent timeline on the rest of RCS’ life.

1988 – 1990s: The Inheritance Wars

The late 1980s to the early 1990s were a tumultuous period for the titan. Having already lost most of his fortune after Marcos’ fall, RCS had lawsuits coming out of his ears—not only those involving the conjugal properties with Beatriz, but also those involving other corporate entities in the Philippines and in the US.

Like many families of abundant assets (i.e., see the case of the Ilusorio family featured on PF on March 10, 2015), greed, avarice or holding on to tangible property, will eventually pre