Norberto Azqueta Sr.

Norberto Azqueta Sr.
Born
Norberto Azqueta

(1930-06-20)June 20, 1930
Havana, Cuba
DiedNovember 11, 2020(2020-11-11) (aged 90)
Weston, Florida, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupationbusinessman
ParentJésus Azqueta
RelativesAlfonso Fanjul Sr. (father-in-law)
Alfonso "Alfy" Fanjul Jr. (brother-in-law)
José "Pepe" Fanjul (brother-in-law)

Norberto Azqueta Sr. (June 20, 1930 – November 11, 2020) was a Cuban-born American businessman, with interests in sugar, banking, paper and other industries.

Early life

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

Personal life

Azqueta was 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]

Norberto Azqueta Sr. died in Weston, Florida on November 11, 2020, at the age of 90.[9]

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. ^ "GulfstreamPolo.com". www.gulfstreampolo.com. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  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.
  9. ^ "Norberto Azqueta". Dignity Memorial. Retrieved 30 December 2023.