Our History Florida Crystals, which owns the ASR Group® family of companies, was founded by the Fanjul family in Florida in 1960 as a sugarcane farming and milling company. Its first harvest of 4,000 acres in Palm Beach County yielded 10,000 tons of raw sugar.

The Fanjul family has been wooing politicians for decades, but their bet on the Trump administration is their best yet, after the president added tariffs for foreign competitors and pushed Coca ...

The Fanjul Family Through inheritance, Alfonso Fanjul, Sr. controlled the Czarnikow-Rionda Company in New York and the Cuban Trading Company in Cuba. When he married Lillian Rosa Gomez-Mena, the combined holdings of the two families included ten sugar mills, three alcoholic distilleries, and real estate throughout Cuba.

The Fanjul brothers, José “Pepe” Fanjul, Alfonso “Alfy” Fanjul, Alexander, Andrés, and Lillian, are members of a prominent Cuban exile family known for their significant success in the sugar industry after relocating to the United States.

On today's anniversary, the Fanjul Gómez-Mena family affirms its support for efforts by President Donald J. Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to once again bring freedom, democracy, and ...

The Fanjul Family, often called Palm Beach's sugar barons, shaped West Palm Beach's history, economy, and culture in profound ways. Their legacy runs deep. It's tied to the region's development, especially through their dominance in sugarcane during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The family's reach extended far beyond farming, though. They reshaped the social and economic fabric ...