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Andrés Soriano, Sr. (February 8, 1898 – December 30, 1964), also known as Col. Andres Soriano, was a Spanish Filipino businessman. He was best known for expanding the original San Miguel Brewery that became San Miguel Corporation. He also established philanthropies and encouraged good employee relations by sharing profits with his more than 16,000 employees by establishing a pension plan that paid retired employees 25% of their salary, with guaranteed sick leaves and medical benefits. He was the founder of Philippine Airlines, Asia's first air carrier. In 1935, during Commonwealth era, Soriano established Commonwealth Insurance Company, a non-life insurance company. Soriano served as secretary of finance, agriculture and commerce during the wartime cabinet of the Quezon administration.〔Nick Cullather. ''Illusions of influence: the political economy of United States-Philippines''. Pp. 25.〕 Soriano also served with USAFFE and later as a colonel on General Douglas MacArthur’s staff in the Southwest Pacific Theater. He was a leader of the Philippine Falange during the late 1930s until he applied for Filipino citizenship.〔Theodore Friend. Between two empires: the ordeal of the Philippines, 1929-1946. Yale University Press, 1965. Pp. 172.〕 ==Family== Andrés Soriano y Róxas was born on February 8, 1898, in San Miguel, Manila, Philippines. His father, Don Eduardo Soriano y Sanz, was a Spanish engineer who migrated to Philippines in the late 19th century. His mother, Doña Margarita Róxas de Ayala y Róxas, was the daughter of Pedro Pablo Róxas, and the granddaughter of Antonio de Ayala and Doña Margarita Róxas de Ayala, progenitors of the prominent Róxas-de Ayala-Zóbel clan. Soriano was a second cousin of siblings, Col. Jacobo Zóbel (father of Enrique J. Zobel), Alfonso Zóbel de Ayala (father of Jaime Zobel de Ayala), Mercedes Zóbel McMicking and the artist Fernando Zóbel. Soriano had three siblings, including sisters, Carmen and Margarita. Soriano was married to Carmen Montemar (Maria) in 1924. The couple had two sons, Jose Maria Soriano (born on February 6, 1925), and Andres Soriano Jr. (born on May 3, 1936). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andrés Soriano」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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