RODRIGUEZ 



JOSE LOPEZ RODRIGUEZ 



Merchant ; planter ; 

 financier. 



Jose Lopez Rodriguez was born in 

 Spain but emigrated to seek his fortune in 

 Cuba before he was twenty. He arrived 

 in Havana without money or friends or 

 education, penniless and illiterate. In 

 spite of these hindrances, Lopez Rodriguez 

 has won great success and has become 

 one of the most widely known and reputed 

 to be one of the richest men in Cuba. 



He began his business career as a dealer 

 in books and though he has since extended 

 his interests into many fields, printing, 

 manufacturing, contracting, farming, sugar 

 planting, real estate, banking, etc., he 

 has retained his early interest and still has 

 one of the leading book-stores of Havana 

 and in fact of Cuba. 



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