 López holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine (1970–1974), and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School in Cambridge, Massachusetts (1978–1980).López became the chairman in 1997 and chief executive officer in 1993 of ABS-CBN Corporation.He was interim president of the company from 1993 to 1997 and 2006 to 2008.