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).

Business career

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

References

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

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