José León Asensio

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is León and the second or maternal family name is Asensio.

José A. León Asensio
Born	(1934-02-21) February 21, 1934 Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Nationality	Dominican
Ethnicity	White Dominican
Known for	Entrepreneurship
Board member of	Grupo León Jimenes
Religion	Christian
Denomination	Roman Catholicism
Spouse(s)	Petrica Cabral Vega
Children	María Amalia León Cabral & Lidia León Cabral^[1]
Parent(s)	Eduardo León Jimenes (father) & María Asensio Córdoba (mother)
Relatives	José María Cabral Bermúdez (father-in-law) Manuel Díez Cabral (nephew-in-law) Julio Vega Batlle (uncle-in-law) Donald Reid Cabral (cousin-in-law)
Awards	Order of Christopher Columbus (1983)^[2] Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of Duarte, Sanchez and Mella (1993)^[2] Empresario de las Américas (1999)^[2]

José Augusto César León Asensio (born 21 February 1934, in Santiago, Dominican Republic) is a Dominican businessman. León is the President of Grupo León Jimenes. According to Forbes, León Asensio is among the 10 largest fortunes in the Dominican Republic, with a fortune that borders the billion dollars.^[3]

Early life

Born in 1934 as the seventh and last child of Eduardo Antonio León Jimenes (1885-1937) and María Asensio Córdoba (1896–1976). His father died when he was just 3 years and 7 months old.

León has a degree in Business Management from Babson College (Wellesley, Mass.).^[4]

He married on 3 August 1958 to Petrica Cabral Vega (b. 1938), daughter of José María Cabral Bermúdez and Amelia Vega Batlle (sister of Julio Vega Batlle and great-granddaughter of Ulises Espaillat).

Ancestors of José León Asensio

16. Juan Abreu Hernández
(uncle of #19)

8. Elías de León

17. María Manuela de León

4. Antonio Gavino de León González (b. 1848, m. 1877, d. 1913)

18. Pedro González

9. Francisca González Abreu

19. Juana Teresa Abreu Durán
(niece of #16)

2. Eduardo Antonio León Jimenes (b. 1885, m. 1916, d. 1937)

10. Juan de Jesús Jiménez

5. María Natividad Jiménez López

11. María de la Cruz López

1. José Augusto César León Asensio (b. 1934, m. 1958)

24.

Antonio Asensio

12. Ramón Asensio Gaspar (died in or before 1903)

25.

Vicenta Gaspar

6. Ramón Asensio Ruiz (b. 1863, m. 1894, w. 1905, rm. 1911, d. 1946)

13. Eulalia Ruiz Ramírez (registered as widow in the 1903 Census)

3. María Asensio Córdoba (b. 1896, m. 1916, d. 1976)

14.

Eugenio Córdoba

7. Rosa Adelaida Córdoba Viscarrondo (b. 1870, m. 1894, d. 1905)

30.

Andrés de Salvador Vizcarrondo y Ortíz de Zárate (b. 1804, m. 1842, d. 1897)

15.

Octavia Viscarrondo Rojas

31.

Carmen María Dámasa Rojas y Rojas (b. 1827, m. 1842, d. 1893)

Business career

In the 1960s, the tobacco company founded by his father, begins to grow tremendously.^[5]

References

↑ Santana, Wendy (8 September 2013). "José León Asencio: un cazador de éxitos" (in Spanish). Polo, Barahona: Listín Diario. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
1 2 3 "José A. León Asensio" (in Spanish). Fundación Eduardo León Jimenes. Missing or empty |url= (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Los próximos millonarios de República Dominicana" [The upcoming Dominican Republic billionaires] (in Spanish). Mexico City: Forbes. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
↑ "Junta de Regentes: José León Asensio" (in Spanish). Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC). Retrieved 7 September 2014.
↑ Historia, E. León Jimenes

External links

(Spanish) "José A. León Asensio". Fundación Eduardo León Jimenes.
(Spanish) "Historia". Empresas León Jimenes, S. A.
(Spanish) "Eduardo León Jimenes y María Asensio Córdoba: Formación de una Familia". Grupo León Jimenes.

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