Alec Bradley Cigars is a company started by Alan Rubin in 1996. Rubin has a lot in common with fellow cigar mogul Rocky Patel, as both Rubin and Patel were born in or around 1961. Both started their careers in the cigar industry in the late 1990s. Both based their companies in Florida (Bradley first [...]
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Perfecting the Palate: The Start and Success of the Rocky Patel Cigar Company
Friday, February 22nd, 2013Despite discouragement and mockery from others at the beginning of his second career, Rakesh Rocky Patel was determined not to allow his hobby-turned-career to go up in smoke. In the mid-to-late 1990s, Patel, who was born in India in 1961, developed into a cigar aficionado while he was working as a prominent Los Angeles [...]
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