Our journey began on February 13, 1930, when visionary industrialist Colonel Andres Soriano founded the company with a guiding belief: “Business must help the country.”
Over the decades, Anscor has pioneered groundbreaking investments across a wide range of industries – including brewery, fertilizer, wires and cables manufacturing, gold and copper mining, oil exploration, airline, paper manufacturing, newspaper, broadcasting, and more.
Don Andres Soriano’s legacy extends beyond running the Soriano business enterprises. He deeply cared for the welfare of employees and their families, a tradition we proudly continue to uphold.
In 1973, Anscor faced a turning point with the approaching expiration of the Laurel–Langley Agreement and its associated “parity rights”, which had granted American businesses equal treatment in select industries. In a forward-looking move, Don Andres Soriano sold shares of Anscor to employees of the Soriano Group. Thus, Anscor became a publicly listed company.
Today, a remarkable majority of our over 11,000 shareholders are former employees-or their descendants- a powerful testament to the trust and commitment of our extended Anscor family.
Guided by Don Andres Soriano enduring principle of “Profit with Honor”, we remain dedicated to responsible growth as a diversified holding company with a well-balanced portfolio of operating and financial assets.