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Ruben Rodriguez, Bacardi CEO Who Mixed In Vodka, Dies at 79
- He led world's biggest rum-maker in acquisition of Grey Goose
- Rodriguez was born in Havana and retired to Connecticut
Ruben Rodriguez Source: Business Wire
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Ruben Rodriguez, the retired Bacardi Ltd. chief executive officer who led the rum maker in its 2004 purchase of Grey Goose superpremium vodka, has died. He was 79.
He died May 5 in Darien, Connecticut, according to an e-mail from Amy Federman, spokeswoman for the Hamilton, Bermuda-based company. No cause was given.