Norberto Azqueta Sr.
Norberto Azqueta Sr. (June 20, 1930 – November 11, 2020) was a Cuban-born American businessman with interests in sugar, banking, and paper. He was the son of Jésus Azqueta, who ran a sugar mill in Venezuela through the family company Trucane Sugar, and his family is of Spanish descent. He moved to the United States in 1960 after the Castro regime began. He helped found the Gulfstream Polo Club in Lake Worth, Florida. He married Lian Fanjul Azqueta, daughter of Alfonso Fanjul Sr., making Alfonso Fanjul Sr., Alfonso "Alfy" Fanjul Jr., and José "Pepe" Fanjul his in-laws. In 2001, his eldest son Norberto Azqueta Jr., who worked for Florida Crystals, married Robin van Orman, the great-granddaughter of senator Burton K. Wheeler. 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. Norberto Azqueta Sr. died in Weston, Florida, on November 11, 2020, aged 90.
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