Family Background
He is the third child of Philippine Pioneer Industrialist Gonzalo Puyat and Nicasia Juco. Was trained early in life by his father, Don Gonzalo in the trade of manufacturing billiard tables and bowling alleys. Eventually, assisting in managing the family business of Gonzalo Puyat & Sons (brand holder of AMF-Puyat, Puyat Steel, Puyat Vinyl).
He was married to the former Eugenia Guidote, an accountant and pioneer member of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA), and a trained opera singer (soprano). They had seven children – Gil, Jr. (deceased), Vicente (deceased), Antonio, Victor, Jesusa, Alfonso and Eugenia, Jr.
Read more about this topic: Gil Puyat
Famous quotes containing the words family and/or background:
“Blackmail is one of the great pastimes of family life.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“In the true sense one’s native land, with its background of tradition, early impressions, reminiscences and other things dear to one, is not enough to make sensitive human beings feel at home.”
—Emma Goldman (1869–1940)