{"id":69965,"date":"2025-01-20T17:33:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T16:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/?p=69965"},"modified":"2025-01-20T17:33:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T16:33:24","slug":"chip-goldeen-joins-cayman-cigar-co-as-evp-of-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/chip-goldeen-joins-cayman-cigar-co-as-evp-of-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Chip Goldeen Joins Cayman Cigar Co. as EVP of Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Goldeen has almost 30 years senior management and executive experience in the cigar industry. He is best known for his 24+ year tenure at Ashton Distributors, Inc., where he served as Vice President of Sales. During his time there, he helped grow well-known cigar brands like Ashton, La Aroma de Cuba and San Cristobal, as well as accessory brand Savoy. For the last 3+ years he has served as Executive Vice President of Sales for El Septimo Cigars, helping them develop their cigar and accessory company. \u201cWe are thrilled to welcome Chip,\u201d said Scott Haugh, Director of Cayman Cigar Company. \u201cHis extensive experience and proven success in building leading cigar brands make him an invaluable addition, and we\u2019re excited about the knowledge and expertise he will bring to the company.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With his extensive experience and influence, he looks forward to building Cayman Cigars into a worldwide cigar brand. \u201cI am very excited for the challenge,\u201d said Goldeen in a statement. \u201cOur goal is to introduce great-tasting premium cigars, with excellent quality construction, at a superb value to our customers. We also plan to build a professional sales force and introduce merchandising and marketing programs that are friendly and profitable for our retail partners.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Cayman Cigar Co., founded by Granger Haugh and John Lemuel \u201cLem\u201d Hurlston, is a unique cigar brand dedicated to making a difference, the company donates 100% of its net profits to charities that support entrepreneurship for marginalized communities, American veterans, and addiction recovery efforts.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chip Goldeen has joined Cayman Cigar Company as Executive Vice President of Sales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":69966,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[177,49,2808,44],"tags":[6431,6765],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69965"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69968,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69965\/revisions\/69968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}