Robert Wright has been named the national sales manager for CLE Cigar Co.

The industry veteran joined CLE in 2012, when the company was launching, as a sales representative for the northeast territory. Wright also started his own cigar brand, Pura Soul, which was once distributed by CLE. His resume includes time as the vp of sales for Camacho and later as the national sales manager for Davidoff.

Camacho is where he met Christian Erioa, founder of CLE, and Tom Lazuka, founder of Asylum, which is part of the CLE family.

“Robert Wright has been part of our team since the beginning. I can’t think of anyone better to fill this role for our company, said Eiroa, in a press release. “I have all the faith that Robert will help take C.L.E. Cigar Company to even greater heights.”

“I am honored to announce the promotion of Robert Wright to National Sales Manager,” said Lazuka. “I have been working with Robert for exactly 20 years and couldn’t imagine a better fit for our company. With my travel demands and my dedication to the development of new products it was time for Robert to fill this role. I’m very excited for Robert and for the future of C.L.E. Cigar Company.”

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I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.