Sev Aszkenazy is an American real estate developer in

San Fernando, California San Fernando (Spanish for "St. Ferdinand") is a general-law city in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles County, California, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. It is bordered on all sides by the City of Los Angeles. As of the 2010 ...

Early life

Sev Askenazy was born in 1961. He was brought up by his lone parent Mexican American mother, who had an affair with Severyn Ashkenazy whilst he was a student at the

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. His mother slightly changed the surname and brought him up as a Catholic. He was educated at

San Fernando High School San Fernando High School (SFHS) is a high school of the Los Angeles Unified School District. It is located in the Pacoima neighborhood of Los Angeles, in the northeastern San Fernando Valley, California. It is near and also serves the City of S ...

. He finally met his father when he was in his 20s.

Career

Askenazy worked for his father for six years, before starting Pueblo Contracting and Aszkenazy Development in San Fernando. With his wife, he owns thirty buildings in San Fernando. In 2011, the ''

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'' called Aszkenazy a "powerful figure in town", and noted that the mayor, Mario Hernandez, had contended that Aszkenazy was using his ownership of the local newspaper the ''

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'' to fuel controversy because he was not getting his way on development projects. Aszkenazy's wife is the sister of the mayor's estranged wife.

Personal life

He is married to Martha Diaz Aszkenazy, whom he met in high school.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aszkenazy, Sev Living people People from San Fernando, California San Fernando High School alumni American real estate businesspeople American newspaper executives Place of birth missing (living people) Businesspeople from California American people of Polish-Jewish descent American people of Mexican descent 1961 births