User:CharlesMVaughn

Overview
Charles Vaughn is an American entrepreneur. Born December 14, 1968, Charles Vaughn is the Founder of LeSin Vodka and Blue Lava Tequila.

Life, family & education
Charles was born to a middle class family in South Florida. His father and mother are Charles and Carmen Vaughn. He grew up in South Florida where he attended high school and college. Charles graduated college in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. Charles went on to study Tax Law at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Charles has one son, Michael Vaughn (born 1995).

Business career
Charles spent 4 years in public accounting with a major firm (1994 - 1998).

Between 1998 and 2002 Charles was the Tax & Finance Director for an Australian publicly traded company (an Australian wine company) in their North American headquarters. Here Charles was responsible for the North American tax strategy, compliance, and audit duties covering the United States and Canada, as well as interacting with both Australia and European affiliates.

Between 2002 and early 2008 Charles had a private tax practice covering international transfer pricing and cross border transaction. Also during that time, Charles was importing wines and unique spirits from all over the world.

May 2008 to current, Charles has focused predominantly on developing and creating ultra-premium distilled spirits for import into the United States. In 2009 Charles founded LeSin Vodka. In 2010 Charles Founded Blue Lava Tequila.

Philanthropy
Charles is currently in the final phases of obtaining Tax Exempt Status for a proposed 501(c)(3). The main focus of the foundation is to aid communities in their time of need post catastrophe.