Perdomo
Cigars found its humble beginnings in 1992, but you will have to go back to the
1930's to find its roots to appreciate it roots. Silvio Perdomo, the
grandfather of Nick Perdomo Jr., was an accomplished cigar roller for several different
factories, in Jose de Las Lajas, Cuba. Some of the factories included, Cuesta y
Cia in the 1930's, H. Upmann in the late 30's to mid 40's, then Partagas from
1945-1959. During Fidel Castros' brutal takeover of Cuba
in 1959, many of those stuck in Cuba found themselves to be enemies of Fidel.
Silvio Perdomo found himself in just a position and was imprisoned for fifteen
years as an enemy of the revolution, until finally, he was aloud to immigrate
to the U.S in 1974. Nick Sr., who also was an enemy of the communist dictator,
narrowly escaped being executed and was shot twice in the leg fighting against
Fidel Castros' murderess dictatorship. After a brief hospital stay, Nick Sr.
fled the country through a catholic charity organization and made his way to Washington
D.C.
Nick Sr.
brought with him many things that a man of character has: including his love of
fine cigars. He had followed in his fathers footsteps and was a cigar roller. To further master his craft, he worked as an
executive at Partagas and then for H. Upmann. When faced with entering a new
country and needing to put food on the table, he took a job as a janitor at a
health facility. The meager pay was barely enough to keep his family going, so
in 1976, Nick Sr. moved them to Miami, Florida for a new start. It's here that
the modern day story begins for the famed Perdomo Cigar brand. After serving
his country in the U.S. Navy, Nick Jr. went to work as an air traffic
controller. In the evenings, with his beautiful wife Janine by his side, they
launched Tobacalera Perdomo from their garage. Not wanting to follow industry
trends at the time of mild tasting cigars, Nick began producing full-bodied
cigars. His timing was impeccable as the cigar boom of the mid 90's produced a
plethora of new cigar smokers looking for full-bodied flavorful cigars.
In 1997,
The Perdomo brand grew well beyond its humble factory in Miami; Nick moved the
operations to Ybor City near Tampa. This, however, was not satisfactory to Nick
as costs were high and he was limited in production. Nick Sr. came out of
retirement to help his son set up a facility in Esteli, Nicaragua. In 1999,
another facility was needed as they began selling well over a million cigars
per year, so a custom built factory was erected to meet the growing demands
that the company needed.
During the
cigar boom, bucking industry trends once again, Nick produced the Perdomo
Squared, which at the time, was one of the first box pressed cigars to ever be
produced. It was a hit and he had another winner on his hands. This cigar
boosted The Perdomo Brand into another level of cigar fame.
Today, the
Perdomo brand has a 88,000 square foot facility in Esteli, Nicaragua and employs
hundreds of people in Nicaragua, along with a staff based at its U.S
headquarters. They produced dozens of their own cigar lines, along with
countless other brands being produced at their factories for the U.S. market
and countries abroad.
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