现年68岁的韦恩·卓别林是南部格雷泽葡萄酒与烈酒有限责任公司的首席执行官。这家估值260亿美元的公司是美国同类公司中销售量最大的一家公司，总部位于迈阿密，《福布斯》杂志的排行榜里，这家公司被列为美国第十大私营公司。这家公司运营的品牌超过7000个，在美国44个州以及哥伦比亚特区都有业务。

卓别林的父亲哈维今年6月去世，哈维在1968年创立了南部葡萄酒与烈酒公司。

南部格雷泽公司则是在1909年成立于德克萨斯州，韦恩·卓别林于1984加入该公司。两家公司在2016年合并后，韦恩·卓别林出任首席执行官。

韦恩·卓别林在接受《山肯新闻日报》采访时告诉马文·R·山肯（同时也是雪茄爱好者杂志的老板），我经常想起1968年父亲创建南部葡萄酒与烈酒公司之处的艰难，当时公司面对很多自有禁酒令以来就存在的竞争对手。公司每一次重大决策，都是掷色子似的碰运气，公司一直一步步坚持在投资农场进行布局，才达到今天公司这个令人难以置信的经营局面。

聊到最喜欢的雪茄，韦恩·卓别林表示喜欢小支一些的古巴雪茄，比如帕特加斯的D系列6号。

原文2024年9月刊登在CA杂志官网

Wayne Chaplin, 68, is the CEO of Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits LLC. The $26 billion corporation, based in Miami, is the largest distributor of its kind in the United States, ranked by Forbes magazine as the 10th largest private company in the country. It moves more than 7,000 brands and operates in 44 states, plus the District of Columbia.

Southern Glazer’s was formed in the 2016 merger between Southern Wine & Spirits—founded in 1968 by Chaplin’s father, Harvey, who passed away in June—and Glazer’s Inc., which traces its roots back to Texas in 1909. Wayne Chaplin, who joined Southern in 1984, became chief executive officer of Southern Glazer’s after the merger.

“I think about Southern Wine & Spirits’ humble beginnings in 1968, when we faced so many competitors who had been around since Prohibition,” Wayne Chaplin told Marvin R. Shanken in a Shanken News Daily interview. “To reach this point, based on my dad’s vision to build out this business, to roll the dice every single time and to invest the farm every single step of the way, is really an incredible story.”

Chaplin enjoys smoking smaller Cuban cigars, particularly the Partagás Serie D No. 6.