An Interview with Carlos Fuente Jr.

(Tobacco Business) 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. Continued