Carlos Fuente Jr. – Up Close And Personal

Father, husband, son, entrepreneur, cigarmaker—Carlos “Carlito” Fuente Jr. is many things to many people, and to the readers of Tobacco Business magazine, he’s iconic. In the cigar industry, the Fuente family is in many ways the first family of cigars. Tabacalera A. Fuente, based in Santiago, Dominican Republic, is the largest family-owned premium cigar company in the world. The company was launched in the United States in 1912 by Arturo Fuente, a Cuban who made his way to the States when he was just 15 years old in pursuit of the American dream and a better life for his family. His son, Carlos Fuente Sr., joined him in his tobacco business, followed later by the next generation of the Fuente family, Carlito and Cynthia.

The Fuentes’ family-owned tobacco business has produced some of the most coveted and highly rated cigars in the industry. Since its launch, the family has established factories in Puerto Rico, Honduras and Nicaragua before finally settling in the Dominican Republic in 1980. Today, Carlito is continuing the legacy of his grandfather and father as patriarch of the family and chairman of The Fuente Companies. Carlito received an overwhelming number of votes to be recognized as this year’s recipient of the Legacy Award for the 2020 Tobacco Business Awards, a distinction that serves as acknowledgement by the tobacco industry for Carlito’s contributions to the premium cigar industry as well as the lasting legacy and impact of the Fuente family.

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