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{{Short description|Chief executiveChairman and chairAdviser of GMA Network Inc.}}
{{Philippine name|Lapuz|Gozon}}
{{Use Philippine English|date=January 2023}}
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| birth_place = [[Manila]], [[Commonwealth of the Philippines|Philippine Commonwealth]]<ref name="birth">[https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-13895-83078-59?cc=1686086&wc=SB3G-T3D:129556201,129799101,145213301 Felipe Gozon's Birth Certificate]</ref>
| nationality = Filipino
| other_names = Atty. Felipe L. Gozon, ''FLG'', Henry, Lolo Ipe
| education =
| alma_mater = [[University of the Philippines Diliman]] ([[Associate of Arts|AA]], [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])<br>[[Yale Law School|Yale University]] ([[Master of Laws|LLM]])
| occupation = Lawyer, businessman
| years_active = 1963–present
| known_for = Chairman and Adviser of [[GMA Network, (company)|GMA Network Inc.]]<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/corporate/about/management| title = Board of Directors| publisher = GMANetwork.com webpage| access-date = June 14, 2018}}</ref>
| notable_works = The Civil Aeronautics Board: Powers, Procedures and Regulations ({{ISBN|9789712311734}})
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'''Felipe Enrique "Henry" Lapuz Gozon''' (born December 8, 1939),<ref name="birth"/> is a Filipino lawyer, business executive, and the current chairman and adviser of the board of [[GMA Network (company)|GMA Network Inc.]], one of the largest media networksconglomerate in the Philippines.
 
A lawyer by profession, the [[Yale]]-educated Gozon is seen as the network executive who has successfully turned-around [[GMA Network, Inc.|GMA]] from its state as one of the leading television networks in the Philippines to its current stature, at some point toppling the long-dominant [[ABS-CBN]] in 1997 and 2004 from their nationwide stronghold until today in the [[Mega Manila]] ratings. Under his watch, the network has also experienced stability in terms of revenues, mostly from advertising and other revenue sources.<ref>{{cite news | title=Philippines' GMA Network Q1 net profit up 62 pct yr-on-yr | work=AFX - Asia | date=May 3, 2005}}</ref>
 
On December 931, 2023 during his 84th Birthday Celebration, Gozon announcedretired his retirementpost as the CEO of GMA Network effective on December 31, 2023 and was approved by the Board of Directors, and announced that GMA President & COO; [[Gilberto Duavit Jr.|Gilberto R. Duavit, Jr.]], willthe takecompany's overpresident asand theCOO newtook CEOover of the networkhis startingposition on January 1, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A New Era: Gozon announces Duavit as GMA’s new CEO in 2024|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/companies/890867/a-new-era-gozon-announces-duavit-as-gma-s-new-ceo-in-2024/story/|publisher=[[GMA Integrated News]]|date=9 December 2023|access-date=12 December 2023}}</ref> However, Gozon retainedretains his Chairmanshipposition as Chairman of the Board of Directors and as the Adviser of the company.
 
==Career==
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{{Succession box| title=Chairman, GMA Network | before=[[Gilberto Duavit Sr.]] | after='''Incumbent''' | years=1976–Present1976–present }}
 
{{Succession box| title=President, GMA Network | before=[[Menardo Jimenez]] | after=[[Gilberto Duavit Jr.]] | years=2000–2010 }}
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