The Fanjul Brothers
| Alfonso "Alfy" Fanjul Jr. José "Pepe" Fanjul Alexander Fanjul Andres Fanjul |
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|---|---|
| Born | Cuba |
| Occupation | sugar barons |
| Net worth | US$8.2 billion (August 2017) |
| Parent(s) |
Alfonso Fanjul Sr. Lillian Rosa Gomez-Mena |
| Relatives |
José Gómez-Mena (grandfather) Norberto Azqueta Sr. (brother-in-law) |
The Fanjul brothers — Cuban born Alfonso "Alfy" Fanjul Jr., José "Pepe" Fanjul, Alexander Fanjul, and Andres Fanjul — are owners of Fanjul Corp., a vast sugar and real estate conglomerate in the United States and the Dominican Republic. It comprises the subsidiaries Domino Sugar, Florida Crystals, C&H Sugar, Redpath Sugar, Tate & Lyle Sugars,La Romana International Airport, and resorts surrounding La Romana, Dominican Republic.
The Fanjul brothers were born in Cuba and are descendants of Spanish immigrants.Alfonso Fanjul Sr. married the daughter of Spaniard Andres Gomez-Mena who immigrated to Cuba in the 19th century and built up an empire of sugar mills and property by the time he died in 1910. The couple's holdings were then combined to create a large business of cane sugar mills, refineries, distilleries, and significant amounts of real estate. Due to Fidel Castro's 1959 Marxist Cuban Revolution, the family moved to Florida along with other wealthy, dispossessed Cuban families. In 1960, Alfonso Sr., the father of the current CEO of Fanjul Corp. Alfonso Jr., bought 4,000 acres (16 km2) of property near Lake Okeechobee along with some sugar mills from Louisiana and started over in the US. Alfonso Sr. and his son Alfy Fanjul got the firm off its feet and Pepe, Alexander and Andres joined in the late 1960s and 1970s. Pepe Fanjul Jr. joined the sugar firm in 2002. As of 2008, the company owned 155,000 acres (63,000 ha) in Palm Beach County.
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