Piloto Cigars Inc.

Piloto Cigars Inc. is a privately held company that produces the Padron cigar brand from Nicaragua. Commonly known as Padrón Cigars, the company was founded September 8, 1964 in Miami, Florida by Cuba-native José Orlando Padrón. In 1970, Padrón moved the company to Estelí, Nicaragua.

Padrón Cigars is managed and curated by three generations of the Padrόn family, under the leadership of José O. Padrón and Jorge Padrón. The company controls all aspects of cigar production, including tobacco growing, sorting, processing, cigar manufacturing, and distribution. In fact, the Padrón family takes great pride in not having a salesforce and handling all of their customers needs themselves, in order to maintain the integrity and credibility behind the Padrón name: "When Padrón Is On The Label, Quality Is a Matter Of Family Honor".