Ayala family matriarch Doña Bea dies

Beatriz Zobel de Ayala, matriarch of the family behind the country’s oldest conglomerate, has died, Ayala Corp. confirmed to the Inquirer on Tuesday. She was 88.

The company said the news was shared with Ayala employees, and that “the family requests privacy during this most difficult time.”

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Zobel, also known as Doña Bea, passed away on Monday, September 23. No other details like the cause of her death was disclosed as of this posting.

Doña Bea was the wife of Ayala chair emeritus Don Jaime Zobel de Ayala.