Carlos Octavio Toraño (born July 12, 1967), nicknamed Charlie Toraño, is a cigar manufacturer and president of both

Toraño Cigars Carlos Octavio Toraño (born July 12, 1967), nicknamed Charlie Toraño, is a cigar manufacturer and president of both Toraño Cigars and Central America Tobacco. Biography Toraño was born in Miami, Florida,Bob Ashley, Charlie Toraño, Preside ...

and Central America Tobacco.

Biography

Toraño was born in

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,Bob Ashley,
Charlie Toraño, President, Toraño Cigars: Making a Name
," ''Smoke Magazine'' (Summer 2007). Retrieved June 24, 2010. and graduated from Christopher Columbus High School, a private

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preparatory school located in Miami, in 1985. He attended the

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, where he was an active member of Pi Kappa Phi

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(

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Chapter), and received his

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in business administration in 1989. He later went to the

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, and received his J.D. degree in 1992. Toraño started work as an

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at the South Florida law firm of Holland & Knight in 1992. In June 1996, he joined his family cigar-manufacturing business as the company vice-president.David Savona,
An Interview with Charlie Torano
," ''Cigar Aficionado'' (August 14, 2009). Retrieved June 24, 2010. In June 2005, Toraño became the president of Toraño Cigars, succeeding his father."Torano Cigars names new president," ''Tobacco Retailer'' (June 1, 2005).

References

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