CUBANS THAT ARE MULTI MILLIONAIRES IN THE USA SINCE FLEEING This list makes you proud of being Cuban. Remember we are 5 percent of the U.S. Hispanic population but make up 80 percent of the list. Who are the top 100 richest Hispanics in the US? Answer: The Latino Money list of the 12 wealthiest Latinos opens with: 1. Alfonso, Alfie Fanjul (Cuba) $30 Billion When the Fanjul family fled from Fidel Castro`s revolution in 1959, they arrived in New York with a strong sense of family, a hefty financial portfolio and a perfect pedigree as one of Cuba`s largest and wealthiest sugar plantation families. All that was missing were the sugar fields. More than 25 years later, the Fanjuls have come full circle, reclaiming that legacy. The family`s privately held company, with thousands of acres of sugar cane in Florida and the Dominican Republic, is one of the biggest sugar producers in the world. In addition, the two oldest Fanjul brothers, Alfonso, who is called Alfie, and Jose, known as Pepe, with their wives, Tina and Emilia, embody a Latin-style elegance and panache reminiscent of the high-flying days of Old Havana. 2. Facundo Bacardi (Cuba) $30 Billion Bacardi Limited, the largest privately held, family-owned spirits company in the world, produces and markets internationally recognized spirits and wines. Its brand portfolio comprises more than 200 brands and labels, including the eponymous Bacardi rum.[3] Founded on February 4, 1862, and family-owned for the past seven generations, Bacardi now employs nearly 6,000 people, manufactures its brands at 27 facilities in 16 markets on four continents, and sells in more than 150 countries. Bacardi Limited refers to the Bacardi group of companies, including Bacardi International Limited.[4] The company sells in excess of 200 million bottles per year in nearly 100 countries.[5] The companys sales in 2007 were US$5.5 billion, up from $4.9 billion in 2006 3.- The Roberto Goizueta family (Cuba): with net worth of about $1.3 Billion Wealthiest Latino family in the United States, thanks to the success of Roberto Goizueta, a Cuban-American who became chairman of the Coca-Cola Company. Goizueta was born in Cuba and trained as an industrial engineer. He began working for Coke in Havana and later moved to the United States, rising through the company to become CEO. He died in 1997. 4- The Prudencio Unanue family: with $700 Million They are descendants of the Spanish immigrant who in 1936 founded Goya Foods, the top Hispanic food processing and marketing company in the United States. Several family members still hold shares in Goya Foods and one of them, Joseph Unanue, is the current president of the company. 5- Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan, known professionally as Gloria Estefan & Emilio Estefan(Cuba) Net worth over $700 Million Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo was born September 1, 1957 in Havana, Cuba, to Jose and Gloria Fajardo.Gloria became romantically involved with the Miami Sound Machines band leader, Emilio Estefan, in 1976. As she later revealed, he was my first and only boyfriend. She and Emilio married on September 1, 1978. 6- Arturo Torres (Cuba): $190 Million He owns Pizza Hut restaurants throughout the United States and the Veladi Steak house chain. 7- Alex Rodriguez: $162 Million One of the top U.S. baseball players, a member of the New York Yankees and the only non-entrepreneur among the top ten. 8- The Mas family (Cuba): $160 Million. The family of the late Jorge Mas Canosa, who was chairman of the Cuban American National Foundation (CANF), the leading Cuban-exile group. Despite his role as active anti-Castro activist, Mas Canosa found the time to do business through his company MasTec, which builds telecommunications infrastructure. Following his death in 1997, son Jorge Mas Santos continued at the head of the foundation and of MasTec, one of the three largest Latino corporations in the United States. 9- Alicia M. Sanchez: $155 million. She is an entrepreneur and mother of Tony Sanchez. She manages the International Bancshare Corporation (IBC), with deposits worth more than $6.3 billion. IIBC is the largest Hispanic-owned bank and is known for lending money to small businessmen along the border area, business considered unprofitable by other banks. 10. Next on the list of richest Hispanics is Lloyd G. Chavez at $150 Million, owner of Burt Automotive. 11. Armando Guerra Sr. (Cuba) ($115 million) A banker and the founder of Sedanos Supermarkets & Pharmacies (pharmacy division sold to Navarro) and Associated Grocers. 12. Jorge M. Perez (Cuba), founder of The Relate Group real estate company worth over $100 Million
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