Zobel de Ayala family

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The Zóbel de Ayala clan is a Filipino business family of German-Spanish ancestry, founders of Ayala y Compañía (now Ayala Corporation) and 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 traces its origins to Casa Róxas, a business partnership established in 1834 between Domingo Róxas (1792-1843) and Antonio de Ayala (1803-1876).

History

The Ayala family, as is known today in the Philippines, was established by two immigrants, Antonio Ayala (from Spain) and Domingo Roxas e Ureta, a German in the 18th century. The Ayala ancestors were from northern Spain’s mountainous region of Alava, Basque Country, where one of their forefathers Juan Larrazabal Ayala (circa 1475) was a landowner. [1]

Antonio de Ayala, who was from Hueto Abajo (Araba) sailed from Andalusia to Manila in the 19th century. In Manila, after working for a few years under his uncle, he established an industrial partnership with Domingo Róxas, and later with Dr. Johannes Andreas Zóbel, a German pharmacist from Hamburg, who had settled in Manila in 1832. Róxas was a descendant of a Spanish immigrant from Mexico, Antonio Fernández de Roxas of Acapulco, who migrated to the Philippines in 1695 as an early colonist.[2]

The Róxas clan have resided in the Philippines since the nineteenth century. Historically, the family has been well known for their socio-economic and cultural contributions to the country, such as the pioneering of Manila's first rail system in the 20th century, establishing the oldest existing financial institution in Southeast Asia, as well as the construction of the first steel bridges in the Philippines, one of which was called the Ayala Bridge.[3] They had the first private plane in the Philippines, which they named Prima Zobelina.

The Ayala-Róxas clan commenced when, in 1844, Antonio de Ayala married Margarita Róxas, the daughter of his business partner Domingo Róxas.[4] Domingo Róxas was the descendant of a German family though some sources claim that he had descended from a Mexican immigrant Antonio Fernández de Róxas of Acapulco, who settled in the Philippines in 1695.[5]

Dr. Johannes Andreas Zóbel was a Danish-German pharmacist who moved to Manila and established the first chemical laboratory of the Philippines in 1834. His son Jacobo Zóbel y Zangroniz would marry Trinidad de Ayala, the daughter of Margarita Róxas de Ayala. The children of Jacobo and Trinidad - Enrique (1877-1943), Alfonso (1877-1882), Fernando (1876-1949) and Margarita (1881-1963) - would use the surname ""Zóbel de Ayala", changed from the surname "Zóbel y Ayala" (following the Spanish tradition of conjoining the paternal and maternal surnames). In this manner, preserving and perpetuating their maternal family's Spanish and Basque roots. Henceforth, the descendants would choose to follow their example.

Bloodline

Domingo Róxas (1792-1843)[6] m. Maria Saturnina Ubaldo

  • Margarita Róxas (1826-1869) [6] m. Antonio de Ayala (1803-1876)
    • Camilla de Ayala m. Andres Ortiz de Zarate [6]
    • Carmen de Ayala (d. 1930) m. Pedro Pablo (Perico) Róxas (1847-1912)
      • Consuelo Róxas de Ayala (1877-1908) m. Enrique Zóbel de Ayala (1877-1943)
      • Jose Róxas de Ayala
      • Margarita Róxas de Ayala m. Eduardo Soriano y Sanz
      • Pedro Róxas de Ayala
      • Antonio Róxas de Ayala
    • Trinidad de Ayala (1856-1918) m. Jacobo Zóbel y Zangroniz (1842-1896) [6]
  • José Bonifacio Róxas (1834-1888) m. Juana de Castro
    • Pedro Pablo (Perico) Róxas (1847-1912)
  • Mariano Róxas

Family tree

Trinidad de Ayala (1856-1918) m. Jacobo Zóbel y Zangroniz (1842-1896) [6]

  • Fernando Antonio Zóbel de Ayala (1876-1949) [6]
  • Enrique Zóbel de Ayala (1877-1943) m. Consuelo Róxas de Ayala (1877-1908); m. Fermina Montojo (1881-1966)[6]
    • Jacobo Zóbel de Ayala y Róxas (1902-1971)[6][7] m. Angela Olgado; m. Sachiko Morita[8]
      • Enrique J. Zóbel (1927-2004) m. Rocio Urquijo (1935-2009); m. Dee Anne Hora
        • Jacobo Santiago (Santi) U. Zóbel (1954-1965)
        • Mercedes (Dedes) U. Zóbel
        • Iñigo U. Zóbel
    • Alfonso Zóbel de Ayala y Róxas (1903-1967) m. Carmen Pfitz (1909-1999)[6]
    • Mercedes Zóbel de Ayala y Róxas (1907-2005) m. Joseph McMicking (1908-1990)[6]
    • Matilde Zóbel de Ayala y Montojo [6] m. Luis Albarracin Segura
    • Consuelo Zóbel de Ayala y Montojo (1914-1990) [6] m. James D. Alger (1912-1986)
    • Gloria Zóbel de Ayala y Montojo [6] m. Ricardo Padilla y Satrustegui
      • Georgina Padilla m. Luis Mac-Crohon y Garay
      • Alejandro Padilla
    • Fernando Zóbel de Ayala y Montojo (1924-1984) [6][9]
  • Alfonso Zóbel de Ayala [6] (1877-1882) (twin of Enrique)
  • Margarita Zóbel de Ayala[6]
  • Gloria Zóbel de Ayala[6]

Ayala Corporation

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Zóbel de Ayalas are among several Filipino families listed in Forbes magazine's list of the world's richest people. The family owns and controls Ayala Corporation, the country's largest and oldest conglomerate that includes the Bank of the Philippine Islands, Ayala Land Inc., the Manila Water Company, and Globe Telecom, one of the largest mobile phone networks in the Philippines. The Ayala Corporation was also responsible for developing large areas of Makati City into a central business district and residential subdivisions (gated communities) between the 1940s and 1960s. Ayala developed the center of Makati City into a mixed-use industrial development now known as the Ayala District, a district composed of Ayala Center and its surrounding thoroughfares (Ayala Avenue, Makati Avenue, Paseo de Roxas & Sen. Gil Puyat Ave.), which now comprise the Philippines' financial capital, Makati City. Ayala Corporations' residential subdivisions include Forbes Park, Dasmariñas Village, Bel-Air Village, San Lorenzo Village, Urdaneta Village, San Antonio Village, Magallanes Village, Ayala Westgrove Heights and Anvaya Cove.

In 2001, Ayala acquired the 54-hectare Bonifacio Global City development in Metro Manila. Other industrial and real estate developments also exist in other parts of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao including several international partnerships in banking, construction and Information Technology[citation needed].

Ayala's electronics manufacturing group, Integrated Microelectronics, Inc. (IMI), began in 1980 as a small company with a few hundred employees. Today, it is one of the top 50 electronics manufacturing services (EMS) providers in the world. IMI has a total of eleven manufacturing sites: five in China, three in the Philippines, one each in Singapore, Bulgaria and the United States. Its sales offices are located in the Philippines, China, Singapore, Japan, the United States, and Germany.

Public service

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  • In 1929, Enrique Zóbel de Ayala established the Premio Zóbel Award to recognize the best written works in the Spanish language in the Philippines.
  • The Ayala Foundation has assisted preservation and development of the country's cultural heritage and businesses.
  • The Consuelo Foundation was established by Consuelo Zóbel Alger. It operates and supports programs in Hawaii and the Philippines that prevent and treat abuse, neglect and the exploitation of children, women and families.

Legacy and honors

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  • 2007 Harvard Alumni Achievement Award was awarded to Jaime Augusto Zóbel de Ayala, chairman of Ayala Corporation. It is the highest honor of the Harvard Business School.[11] Zobel was the first Filipino and the youngest alumnus to be so honored, for his exemplary leadership in business.

Prominent family members

References

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  7. ↑ Jacobo Zobel's Death Certificate
  8. ↑ http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1971/07/23/087.html
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  11. ↑ ABS-CBN Interactive, JAZA and Patrisha receives Harvard alumni award
  12. ↑ http://balita.ph/2009/12/24/pgma-confers-the-grand-commander-award-and-the-philippine-legion-of-honor-degree-officer-to-businessman-jaime-zobel-de-ayala/

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