Norberto Azqueta Sr.

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

Norberto Azqueta Sr.
Born	Norberto Azqueta (1930-06-20)June 20, 1930 Havana, Cuba
Died	November 11, 2020(2020-11-11) (aged 90) Weston, Florida, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	businessman
Parent	Jésus Azqueta
Relatives	Alfonso Fanjul Sr. (father-in-law) Alfonso "Alfy" Fanjul Jr. (brother-in-law) José "Pepe" Fanjul (brother-in-law)

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]