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
E. León Jimenes is a holding vehicle controlled by the León family with a multi-decade track record of investing in and building iconic companies in the consumer sector in Latin America. This corporation was historically involved in mainly two ...
. 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.
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).
His father died when he was just 3 years and 7 months old.
León has a degree in
Business Management from
Babson College
Babson College is a private business school in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Established in 1919, its central focus is on entrepreneurship education. It was founded by Roger W. Babson as an all-male business institute, but became coeducational i ...
(
Wellesley,
Mass.
Massachusetts (Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut məhswatʃəwiːsət">Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the ...
).
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
Julio Vega Batlle (May 6, 1899 – April 23, 1973) was a Dominican Republic, Dominican writer, publishing both plays and novels, and a diplomat. He was born in Santiago de los Caballeros, and graduated from the University of Santo Domingo. He beca ...
and great-granddaughter of
Ulises Espaillat
Ulises Francisco Espaillat Quiñones (February 9, 1823 – April 25, 1878) was a Dominican author and politician. He served as president of the Dominican Republic from April 29, 1876 to October 5, 1876. Espaillat Province is named after him.
...
).
Business career
In the 1960s, the tobacco company founded by his father, begins to grow tremendously.
[Historia, E. León Jimenes]
References
External links
*
"José A. León Asensio" Fundación Eduardo León Jimenes.
*
"Historia" Empresas León Jimenes, S. A.
*
"Eduardo León Jimenes y María Asensio Córdoba: Formación de una Familia" Grupo León Jimenes.
Living people
1934 births
People from Santiago de los Caballeros
Dominican Republic people of Spanish descent
20th-century Dominican Republic businesspeople
Order of Merit of Duarte, Sánchez and Mella
Babson College alumni
Dominican Republic billionaires
White Dominicans
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