Fanjul Corp. The Fanjuls are major political donors and fund philanthropic endeavors. The Fanjul brothers were born in Havana , Cuba and are descendants of Spanish immigrants.
The couple's holdings were then combined to create a large business of cane sugar mills , refineries , distilleries, and significant amounts of real estate. Due to Fidel Castro 's Marxist Cuban Revolution , the family moved to Florida along with other wealthy, dispossessed Cuban families. In , Alfonso Sr. Alfonso Jr. Alfonso Sr. Pepe Fanjul Jr. In October , Alfonso Fanjul and J.
Pepe Fanjul along with Gulf and Western Industries announced they had reached a deal for Gulf and Western to sell its sugar businesses in Florida and the Dominican Republic, along with associated operations, to the Fanjul companies, for an undisclosed amount. In the Dominican Republic, the transaction included , acres of land, a sugar mill, two hotels in the capital of Santo Domingo and the exclusive resort Casa De Campo in the eastern region of La Romana.
Assets included in the Florida purchase were 90, acres of land in Palm Beach County, a sugar mill and a sugar refinery. In , the family expanded into the charter school business. They established a religious elementary school, Glades Academy, which has about students.
They also established a high school Everglades Preparatory Academy , which serves students. The student body in was 80 percent hispanic and 12 percent black with about 5 percent white. The Fanjul family focus their philanthropic activities on the rural communities of western Palm Beach County, including the creation of one single family strengthening center offering limited day care, after-school care and food assistance programs.
