Gurkha is a brand of hand-rolled cigars, known for the manufacture of premium products using unique and artistically-oriented packaging. The company is known as the maker of the His Majesty's Reserve cigar, a limited-production cigar infused with rare cognac, whose price of $15,000 per box makes it the most expensive cigar in the world.
The Gurkha Cigar Company was founded by Kaizad Hansotia, a man born in India and raised in Hong Kong and London. His family was well established in the field of custom watch design, specializing in the production of luxury timepieces. Late in the 1980s, Hansotia dropped out of Miami Dade College to enter the family business.
While on vacation in Goa, India in 1989, Hansotia met a Portuguese man making and selling cigars. Hansotia decided to buy the man's entire stock and brand name — Gurkha — on the spot so as to have a unique gift to hand out to his customers of the watch company. The price of the entire purchase of the Gurkha name and inventory was just $149.
One box of these early Gurkha cigars was sent to a friend who owned a duty-free shop who was so impressed that he decided that he wanted to obtain more. Hansotia spotted a new business opportunity and was introduced to cigarmaker Charlie Toraño by a mutual friend.
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