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July 18, 1934
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Don Jaime Zobel de Ayala was born in Manila to Alfonso Zobel de Ayala and Carmen Pfitz y Herrero on July 18, 1934. He was educated in
La Salle (Madrid, Spain) and Harvard (Massachusetts, USA). JZA joined Ayala y Cia. in 1958 as an executive assistant, and in 1967, he
became a managing partner at Ayala y Cia. He was also the president of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) from 1969 to 1971.
JZA served as the Philippine Ambassador to the U.K. and the Scandinavian countries during 1970 to 1974. From 1975 to 1982, he was the
Vice-Chairman of the board of directors at Ayala Corporation. Late in 1983, he became the chairman of the board and president of the
Ayala Corporation.
During his term, he guided the Ayala group through the political and economic difficulties of the 1980s. He also guided the Ayala
group in maintaining a steady growth in the 1990s. At the end of 1994, JZA retired as Ayala president but he continued to serve as
board chairman until 2006. He is currently chairman emeritus of the corporation and is also the chairman of the board and executive
committee of Ayala Foundation, Inc.
Source: Kuwentong Ayala, vol. 9, no. 5, July–August 1978, p. 38;
Eduardo Lachica, Ayala: The Philippines’ Oldest Business House [Makati: Filipinas Foundation, 1984], pp. 126, 157, and
159.
Each month, this section will feature milestones in the history
of the Ayala group's member companies. Ayala is the
Philippines' oldest business house and, through its diverse
business interests, has led the way in many vital areas
of national development.
Events cited here are supplied by the Ayala Memory
group of the Filipinas Heritage Library, which maintains a repository
of documentary and photographic records of significant events
and developments for the Ayala group of companies.
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Writing Women of the 1920s
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