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Davidoff's No. 1
Cigar Aficionado interviews Davidoff's director general Ernst Schneider.
Marvin R. Shanken
From the Print Edition:
Rush Limbaugh, Spring 94
(continued from page 8)
I have a man who is in the picture about everything; so there is no problem with following up things. This is Mr. Schelker [Georges Schelker, CEO].
C.A.: So he's your heir apparent?
Schneider: Exactly.
C.A.: And how old is he?
Schneider: He is 55. But the other guys who are in the management are
all around 40 and 45, so people are always coming up from the
bottom. We don't engage people from outside.
C.A.: Where do you see Davidoff a decade from now?
Schneider: Davidoff will still be developing. Davidoff will get
stronger and stronger.
C.A.: Do you see yourselves with a more complete line like Dunhill?
Schneider: No, no, no. We have ties only to be protected in the
textile category. That's the only reason why we have them. But we will
stay--and this is a clear declaration--No. 1 in the luxury-cigar
business and in the luxury-tobacco business. All the rest has to help
to reach this goal and to go on in this direction.
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