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The Fanjul brothers — Cuban born Alfonso "Alfy" Fanjul, José "Pepe" Fanjul, Alexander Fanjul, and Andres Fanjul — are owners of Fanjul Corp., a vast sugar and real estate conglomerate in the United States and the Dominican Republic. It comprises the subsidiaries Domino Sugar, Florida Crystals, C&H Sugar, Redpath Sugar, Tate & Lyle European Sugar, La Romana International Airport, and resorts surrounding La Romana, Dominican Republic. ==History== The Fanjul brothers were born in Cuba and are descendants of the Spaniard Andres Gomez-Mena who immigrated to Cuba in the 19th century and built up an empire of sugar mills and property by the time he died in 1910. In 1936, his descendant Lillian Gomez-Mena married Alfonso Fanjul, Sr, the heir of the New York-based sugar companies the Czarnikow Rionda Company and the Cuban Trading Company. 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 1959 Marxist Cuban Revolution, the family moved to Florida along with other wealthy, dispossessed Cuban families. In 1960, Alfonso Sr., the father of the current CEO of Fanjul Corp. Alfonso Jr., bought of property near Lake Okeechobee along with some sugar mills from Louisiana and started over in the US. Alfonso Sr. and his son Alfy Fanjul got the firm off its feet and Pepe, Alexander and Andres joined in the late 1960s and 1970s.〔(Florida Crystals / Okeelanta Corporation jobs in Broward, Florida from Jobing.com )〕 Pepe Fanjul Jr. joined the sugar firm in 2002.〔(23 Under 40 )〕 As of 2008, the company owned in Palm Beach County.〔(A Dance of Environment and Economics in the Everglades ) "New York Times"〕 In October 1984, 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 240,000 acres of land, a sugar mill, two hotels in the capital of Santo Domingo and a resort area in the eastern region of La Romana. Assets included in the Florida purchase were 90,000 acres of land in Palm Beach County, a sugar mill and a sugar refinery.〔(Sugar Sale By G.&W. ) “New York Times”〕 The Fanjul family historically have focused their corporate philanthropic activities on the rural communities of western Palm Beach County, including the creation of a family strengthening center equipped with day care, after-school care and food assistance programs 〔(People of Palm Beach County ) "Palm Beach County History"〕 and the development and maintenance of a charter elementary and charter high school. In 2013, New Hope Charities celebrated 25 years of service to the communities and honored J. Pepe Fanjul, its longtime chairman.〔(New Hope Charities hosts annual holiday bazaar, toasts Fanjul ) "Palm Beach Daily News"〕 With the region’s desire for expanded economic development in the agricultural area, the Fanjul brothers partnered with the Business Development Board to assist full-time with the recruitment of economic opportunities.〔(BDB teams with Glades leaders to recruit businesses ) “Palm Beach Post”〕 The Fanjul brothers were parodied in Carl Hiaasen's 1993 novel ''Strip Tease'', which features a pair of Cuban brothers who own a large sugar conglomerate, that receives enormous profits from the exploitation of immigrant labor and the subsidies regularly voted to them by the United States Congress.〔Grunwald, Michael. ''The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise.'' Simon & Schuster (2007), Chapter Sixteen, page 282.〕 The brothers also were a focus in the Jamie Johnson documentary ''The One Percent'', which showcases the corrupt use of cane workers and especially "imported" labor. The U.S. Dept. of Labor's "List of Goods Produced by Child or Forced Labor"〔United States Department of Labor, List of Goods Produced by Child or Forced Labor ()〕 report lists sugarcane from the Dominican Republic as having child and forced labor. This is a small source of raw sugar that is imported from 40 different companies to be refined then sold by Domino Foods, a marketing cooperative that among its products sells the Florida Crystals brand. José "Pepe" Fanjul was part of the 17 December 2012 BBC2 television edition of fly-on-the-wall documentary ''Inside Claridge's''. He was shown as a regular client of the Claridge's Hotel, enjoying a luxury lifestyle in a £3,500 a night room, with a shooting in Scotland and trips across the world. He was said to have spent 300 nights at the hotel over the past decade. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fanjul brothers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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