ATTY. FELIPE L. GOZON
Chairman, President and CEO
GMA Network, Inc
Mater Entrepreneur 2004
Atty. Felipe L. Gozon is credited for the impressive turnaround in recent years of GMA Network, Inc., a conglomerate of companies engaged in radio and TV broadcasting, post production services, filmmaking, music recording, and new media.
Atty. Gozon was part of the triumvirate which, in the mid-1970’s, brought GMA from the original American owner, Mr. Robert "Uncle Bob" Stewart. The other two major owners were Gozon’s brother-in-law Menardo Jimenez and former Rizal Congressman Gilberto Davit, now represented by chief operating officer EVP Jimmy Davit, Jr. At first, Atty. Gozon served as GMA’s Chairman while Jimenez served as CEO.
GMA occupied the No. 1 slot for some time, but slipped to second place in the mid-1980s. When Atty. Gozon assumed leadership of the network in 2000, he rallied everyone to strive to be No. 1 again. All his efforts paid off when GMA grabbed the No. 1 spot in the daytime slot on December 23, 2003, and the network has been on the rise since then.
GMA currently has a network of 46 VHF stations and can be seen via satellite in a number of households in Asia, Australia, and Hawaii. It can also be heard on airwaves through AM and FM stations in Manila and Cebu and through 27 RGMA radio stations throughout the country. GMA recently launched its international channel.
Among his plans for the network are the re-launching of its UHF channel and the raising of additional capital through GMA’s initial public offering in the first quarter of 2005.
Project in T.L.E III (Entrepreneurship III)
Submitted By: July.31.2013
Group: 3
Member: 1. John Carlo Frago 2. Maureen Esguerra 3. Mark Anthony Gellera 4. Rose Marie Evangelista 5. Wesley Jalay 6. Danica Euraba 7. Martin Christian