The Scion of Manila

Vicente María Fernandez Sebastian Madrigal

Don Vicente López Madrigal (1880-1972) was one of the titans of
the business world in early 20th century Philippines on par with other
Spanish-Filipino business leaders, such as Andrés Soriano, Sr.;
Antonio Melián; Enrique Zóbel y Ayala; the brothers Elizalde, Aboitiz,
and Pérez-Samanillo; Tirso Lizárraga, Jr.; Francisco Ortigas, Sr. and
Manuel María de Ynchausti.

He was born on April 5, 1880 in Ligao, Albay, the only
son of Catalan immigrant Don Jose Maria Madrigal, of Barcelona,
Spain, and Dona Macaria López, a Spanish mestiza.
He attended the old Colegio de San Juan de Letran in
Intramuros, Manila.


Don Vicente Madrigal's vast holdings included the first Philippine coal-trading
operation; Madrigal Shipping, Co., which became the largest Philippine shipping
line before the war; oil refineries in Manila and Cebu; logging concessions in Surigao;
a gold mine in Masbate; Rizal Cement, which had been owned by Ynchausti y Cia
until 1925 and had a monopoly on cement production; a cotton factory in Tondo;
and the Jai Alai Fronton on Taft Avenue, Manila.
He married Susana Paterno of the old-money Paterno clan of Manila and had 7 children.
Their children were Macaria, Pacita, Josefina, Antonio, José (the founder of Belek, Inc.),
Consuelo Alejandra "Chito," and María Luisa.
He assigned Antonio to the shipping lines, foreign and local.
To José, the real estate holdings and their development.
To Consuelo, the Rizal Cement, Co.
Following the war, Don Vicente became a senator.
Robust both figuratively and literaly, Vicente Madrigal lived into his nineties.


Philippine Tycoon: The Life and Times of Vicente Madrigal, 1880-1972

Maria Luisa married old aristocracy Dionisyo Daproza and had one son,

Geraldo Fernandez Mantecon Daproza

Geraldo married Consuela Araneta and they had 4 children, Oscar Sr., Antonio, Alessandro and Conchita.

Conchita married Tan Yu and had 6 children: Carmencita, 48, Abuelino, 48, Vincento, 50, Xavier, 51, Morela, 52 and Christina, 54.

Alessandro married Marichetta Flagetti and had 2 children: Martina, 35 and Florentia, 40

Oscar Sr married Lolita Sy-Coson and had 5 children: Oscar Jr., 39, Denise, 42, Dida, 45, Dean Carlo 35, and Dean Ileno 32.

Antonio is the father of Senator María Ana "Jamby" Consuelo Abad Santos Madrigal-Valade.


Sen. María Ana "Jamby" Consuelo Abad Santos Madrigal-Valade

Oscar Jr. had a controversy over an affair with Larita Ortigas. He has one child with the marriage with Ethelita Agoncillo Ruiz,

Micah Yzbelle Maria Fernandez Sebastian Araneta Sy-Coson Madrigal Agoncillo Ruiz Daproza.

With Larita he has 3 children,

Jaime Zobel Maria Fernandez Sebastian Araneta Sy-Coson Madrigal Agoncillo Ortigas Daproza,

Eugenie Rosa Maria Fernandez Sebastian Araneta Sy-Coson Madrigal Agoncillo Ortigas Daproza,

Napoleon Christo Maria Fernandez Sebastian Araneta Sy-Coson Madrigal Agoncillo Ortigas Daproza

and in 2006, Ignacio Mariz Maria Fernandez Sebastian Araneta Sy-Coson Madrigal Agoncillo Ortigas Daproza.

At only 18 years of age, he already made a million pesos.

During his life as an entrepreneur, he once planned to convert Fuga and Barit, two northermost islands in the Philippines which he owned, into places for tourists and businessmen. He once owned more land in the Philippines than even the local government as well as possessing some overseas, totalling $2.5 Million.