Domíngo Róxas

Domingo Ureta Roxas
Born1782 (1782)
Manila, Tondo province, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Died1843 (aged 60–61)
Manila, Tondo province, Captaincy General of the Philippines

Domingo Ureta Roxas (1782 in Manila, Tondo province - 1843 Manila, Tondo province) was a Filipino businessman and industrialist. Founder of the Casa Roxas, which evolved into Ayala Corporation. He is a patriarch of Zóbel-Ayala-Roxas-Soriano clans. And is considered as a pioneer of Filipino nationalism together with Luis Rodríguez-Varela. Roxas advocated fiercely for the rights of native Filipinos.

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