Jorge Lincoln Mas Canosa (1939-1997) was a prominent Cuban-American businessman, lobbyist, and anti-Castro activist who became a leading Cuban exile figure. Born in Santiago de Cuba to a family of Spanish immigrants from Majorca, he was politically active from a young age, being arrested at 14 for participating in an anti-Batista radio broadcast. After Fidel Castro's rise to power in 1959, he fled Cuba and settled in the United States, where he initially worked in construction and telecommunications. In 1969, he founded MasTec, a publicly traded infrastructure construction company that grew into a major firm under his leadership. He also established the Cuban American National Foundation (CANF) in 1981, a powerful anti-Castro lobbying organization that shaped U.S.-Cuba relations through political donations, media appearances, and advocacy. Regarded as an effective and influential lobbyist in Washington, D.C., he was active in Hispanic business associations and served on boards including the United Way. His efforts made him a counterrevolutionary figure to the Cuban Communist Party, while in the U.S. he was both praised for his activism and criticized for his uncompromising stance. He passed away in 1997 from cancer, leaving a legacy as a key architect of anti-Castro lobbying.