The Merchant Son

Don Facundo Bacardi, a successful Spanish wine merchant, revolutionised rum with his knowledge and know-how and created the greatest rum brand in the world, a legacy he then passed on to his sons.

Marco Polo took up his father’s trade as a merchant, giving 27 years of his life to Kublai Khan, Emperor of Mongolia, who tasked him to source new trade routes and discover new rare and exotic ingredients to bring back to the Empire of the Khan.