Norberto Azqueta Sr.

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Norberto Azqueta Sr.
Born
Norberto Azqueta

1930 (age 91–92)
Cuba
NationalityAmerican
Occupationbusinessman
Parent(s)Jésus Azqueta
RelativesAlfonso Fanjul Sr. (father-in-law)
Alfonso "Alfy" Fanjul Jr. (brother-in-law)
José "Pepe" Fanjul (brother-in-law)

Norberto Azqueta Sr. (born 1930) is a Cuban-born American businessman, with interests in sugar, banking, paper and other industries.

Early life[]

Norberto Azqueta is the son of Jésus Azqueta, who owned a sugar mill in Venezuela through the family company Trucane Sugar.[1] His family is of Spanish descent.[2]

Career[]

Azqueta moved to the U.S after the rise of the Castro regime in Cuba in 1960.[3]

Azqueta is one of the founders of the Gulfstream Polo Club in Lake Worth, Florida.[4][5]

Personal life[]

Azqueta is married to Lian Fanjul Azqueta, the daughter of Cuban-born American sugar baron Alfonso Fanjul Sr..[6]

In 2001, his eldest son, Norberto Azqueta Jr., born in Cuba,[3] who was then working for the Fanjul brothers' sugar-making conglomerate, Florida Crystals, married Robin van Orman, the great granddaughter of Burton K. Wheeler, a U.S. senator from 1923 to 1947.[7]

Their son Jesse Azqueta Sr. married Winnie, and they have a son Jesus Azqueta Jr., who married Rachel C. Eggen in Palm Beach in 2012.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Sam Verdeja; Guillermo Martinez (20 January 2012). Cubans, an Epic Journey: The Struggle of Exiles for Truth and Freedom. Reedy Press LLC. pp. 280–. ISBN 978-1-935806-20-2. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  2. ^ Ana Margarita Cervantes-Rodríguez (2010). International Migration in Cuba: Accumulation, Imperial Designs, and Transnational Social Fields. Penn State Press. pp. 252–. ISBN 978-0-271-03538-3. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Palm Beach, FL Realtor Norberto Azqueta Jr. - Sotheby's International Realty, Inc". www.sothebyshomes.com. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  4. ^ "HugeDomains.com - GulfstreamPolo.com is for sale (Gulfstream Polo)". www.gulfstreampolo.com. Retrieved 9 August 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  5. ^ Horace A. Laffaye, Polo in the United States: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2011, p. 98
  6. ^ Jones Poit, Katrina (October 17, 1980). "Sugar Magnate Alfonso Fanjul Dead At 71". The Palm Beach Post. p. 1. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  7. ^ "Robin van Orman and Norberto Azqueta". The New York Times. 2 September 2001. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Rachel C. Eggen, Jesus Azqueta Jr". palmbeachdailynews.com. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
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