The Drew Estate story is one of trials and tribulations, failures and successes, but most of all, a drive to innovate and reinvent. DE was started in 1998 by two fraternity brothers, Jonathan Drew and Marvin Samel, selling cigars in the World Trade Center in New York. In two years, these men had started ACID cigars, and were already on the way to owning their own factory. And the rest, as they say, is history!