 ABS-CBN has enjoyed network supremacy since its founding in 1953, apart from the years 1972 to 1986, when the company and all its affiliates were wrested from the Lópezes by the Marcos government.During this period and following his education, López employed at the Crocker National Bank, where he served as assistant vice president in the bank's back-office processing area.He had an undistinguished banking career in the United States while waiting for work in his family's media and utility interests in the Philippines.