J.C. Newman Cigar Co: An Interview with Eric and Bobby Newman

 

(Cigar and Spirits Magazine) The J.C. Newman Cigar Company has been a family business for three centuries, ever since founder J.C. Newman began making cigars in his family’s Cleveland, Ohio, barn in 1895. Today, brothers Eric and Bobby Newman, president and executive vice president, respectively, run operations in Tampa, Fla. Their father, Stanford Newman, ran the manufacturing end for years, and has been widely recognized for his achievements, such as the acquisition of the Cuesta-Rey cigar line in 1959 and the J.C. Newman’s partnership with the Fuente family in the Dominican Republic. Continued