José A. León Asensio
Born (1934-02-21) 21 February 1934
NationalityDominican
Known forEntrepreneurship
Board member ofGrupo León Jimenes
SpousePetrica Cabral Vega
ChildrenMaría Amalia León Cabral & Lidia León Cabral[1]
ParentEduardo León Jimenes (father) & María Asensio Córdoba (mother)
RelativesEduardo León Asensio (brother)

Sarah Jorge León (granddaughter)
Ricardo Brugal León (nephew)
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)
AwardsOrder of Christopher Columbus (1983)[2]
Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of Duarte, Sánchez 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 ten largest fortunes in the Dominican Republic, with a net worth that borders the billion-dollar mark.[3]

Early life

Born in 1934 as the seventh and last child of Eduardo Antonio León Jimenes (Guazumal, Tamboril, Santiago, 1885-1937) and María Asensio Córdoba (1896–1976).[4] 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.).[5]

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.[6]

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. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  3. "Los próximos millonarios de República Dominicana" [The upcoming Dominican Republic billionaires]. Forbes (in Spanish). Mexico City. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  4. "Eduardo Antonio Leon Asencio: sus ancestros".
  5. "Junta de Regentes: José León Asensio" (in Spanish). Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC). Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  6. Historia, E. León Jimenes


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