Turning Point Brands, Inc. announced the appointment of Yavor Efremov as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective January 11, 2022. Mr. Efremov succeeds the Company’s current CEO, Larry Wexler, who will retire in January following 18 highly successful years at TPB. Mr. Wexler will remain on the Board of Directors and serve as a consultant to the Company following his retirement. Prior to joining Turning Point Brands, Mr. Efremov served as the CEO of Motorsport Network, where he was responsible for upgrading the IT infrastructure, processes, and company strategy to support the integration of more than 30 businesses around the world. He also served as a senior executive at Liberty Media Corp., where he was instrumental in sourcing, financing, and growing Liberty’s investments in multibillion-dollar businesses, including Charter Communications and Formula 1. Prior to that, Mr. Efremov worked as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs & Co. and as a corporate lawyer at the law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton.
Turning Point Brands, Inc. is a manufacturer, marketer and distributor of branded consumer products. It sells a range of products to adult consumers consisting of staple products under the brands Zig-Zag and Stokerâs. Its segments include Zig-Zag Products (Zig-Zag), Stokerâs Products (Stokerâs) and Creative Distribution Solutions. Zig-Zag principally market and distribute rolling papers, tubes, and related products; finished cigars and make-your-own cigar wraps, and CLIPPER reusable lighters and other accessories. Stokerâs manufactures and markets moist snuff tobacco (MST) and contract for and market loose leaf chewing tobacco products. Creative Distribution Solutions segment markets and distributes liquid nicotine products and certain other products without tobacco and/or nicotine; distributes an assortment of products to non-traditional retail outlets via Vapor Beast, and markets and distributes an assortment of products to individual consumers via the VaporFi B2C online platform.
TURNING POINT BRANDS, INC. 
