Category Archives: Sarasota Herald-Tribune

2 Sarasota men walk into a cigar bar — and go on to create a top-selling Tommy Bahama brand

Island Lifestyle Importers was born, quite appropriately, in a cigar bar, when two strangers with radically different backgrounds struck up a conversation about their shared passion for well-aged, premium cigars. Rick Louis, now the firm’s CEO, is a self-described “serial entrepreneur” with a financial business background. Ryan Frailing, vice president, worked for the Sarasota County […]