David A. Blanco, President and Founder of Blanco Cigars, is part of the first generation of Blancos’ born in the United States. His father and generations before were born in Cuba and Spain. Before entering the family’s business and starting Blanco Cigar Company in 1998 with his father and uncle, he was a Deputy Sheriff in the Chicago area and later became a Fire/Paramedic with the Chicago Fire Department. In addition, David has served in the United States Army over the past 29.5 years in many capacities; Active Duty, National Guard and Reserve, to include 18 months in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) that involved an extended deployment to Afghanistan, while his father was serving in Iraq. Currently, David performs his duties as President of the company with distribution around the world and also remains an active member, as a Commissioned Officer on jump status, in the United States Army Reserve. Blanco Cigar Company is an employer of Patriots and several Combat Veterans.