Nationality Dominican Spouse(s) Petrica Cabral Vega Board member of Grupo León Jimenes | Known for Entrepreneurship Parents Eduardo León Jimenes | |
Born February 21, 1934 (age 83) ( 1934-02-21 ) Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic Children María Amalia León Cabral & Lidia León Cabral Relatives Sarah Jorge León (granddaughter)
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)
Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of Duarte, Sanchez and Mella (1993)
Empresario de las Américas (1999) | ||
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.
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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.).
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.