Juan Bautista 'Gianni' Vicini Cabral (Genoa, 7 April 1924–Santo Domingo, 27 April 2015) was an
Italian Dominican businessman, chairman of Grupo Vicini.
Biography
Vicini was born on 7 April 1924 in
Genoa,
Italy, during a vacation of his family, to the Italian-Dominican businessman Felipe Augusto Vicini Perdomo (half-brother of President
Juan Bautista Vicini Burgos) and Dominican heiress Amelia María Cabral Bermúdez (daughter of
José María Cabral y Báez and sister of
José María Cabral Bermúdez). His siblings were: Laura Amelia (1925–2006), who married Amadeo Barletta Ricart, the son of
Amadeo Barletta Barletta;
José María (1926–2007), who married
María Elena Pérez Branger; and
Felipe de Jesús Vicini Cabral (1936–1997). He was first cousin of
Donald Reid Cabral, President de facto of the Dominican Republic, first cousin-once removed of
José María Cabral, film director, and second cousin of
Peggy Cabral, vice mayor of Santo Domingo.
He married Alma Stella Altagracia Lluberes Henríquez (1936–1992), the daughter of Mario Rafael Lluberes Abréu and Josefa Stella Henríquez Vásquez (a granddaughter of intellectual
Federico Henríquez y Carvajal
Federico Henríquez y Carvajal (16 September 1848 – 4 February 1952) was a writer, journalist and teacher from the Dominican Republic.
Biography
Born in Santo Domingo, Henríquez y Carvajal was the son of Noel Henríquez Altías, a Dutch Seph ...
and diplomat Francisco Leonte Vásquez Lajara; the latter was brother of President
Horacio Vásquez Lajara). They had 3 children:
Felipe Augusto Antonio (b. 1960), Amelia Stella María (b. 1974), and
Juan Bautista Vicini Lluberes (b. 1975).
In 1936 his father died and Vinici became the chairman of Grupo Vicini, one of the largest sugar companies in the Dominican Republic. During his tenure, Grupo Vicini became the main private sugar producer and afterwards the most important corporation in the Dominican Republic, with investments in many key economic sectors.
References
Fallece el empresario Juan Bautista Vicini Cabral a los 91 años Diario Libre. 28 April 2015.
*, Julio Amable.
Desde Génova: los Vicini Hoy (Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía). 2 May 2015.
*, Julio Amable.
Juan Bautista Vinici Cabral: Genealogía Ascendente y Colateral Hoy (Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía). 16 May 2015.
*, Katheryn.
Cardenal oficia eucaristía en memoria de Juan Bautista (Gianni) Vicini Listín Diario. 8 May 2015.
1924 births
2015 deaths
Descendants of Buenaventura Báez
Dominican Republic chairpersons of corporations
Dominican Republic people of Canarian descent
Dominican Republic people of French descent
Dominican Republic people of Italian descent
Dominican Republic people of Portuguese descent
Dominican Republic people of Venezuelan descent
Dominican Republic people of Walloon descent
People from Genoa
Italian chairpersons of corporations
Italian mass media owners
Italian people of Dominican Republic descent
White Dominicans
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