Lloyd Sobel

New York liquor distribution company executive

Breakthru Beverage Group has appointed Lloyd Sobel to an executive VP post, less than two months after Sobel was fired as CEO of Empire Merchants following accusations that he received as much as $5 million in under-the-table payments from Empire co-owner Charlie Merinoff.

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Business Positions

Breakthru Beverage Group, LLC Distributor of wine and spirits; America's 76th largest private company 2020

• Executive Vice President (Nov '16→?)

Empire Merchants LLC New York’s largest spirits and wine distributor

• CEO ('07→Sep '16)*

Charmer Industries Inc. Distributes wines and spirits, based in Brooklyn, New York

• President ('06→'07)

Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. A producer of distilled spirits and wines

• VP Eastern Division Manager ('93→'94)

Schools

SUNY Fredonia

• BS, Marketing (?→'78)

Updated about 5 years ago

Types	Person, Business Person
Gender	Male