Sean Perry is the current CEO and founder of Cobalt Brands, an international distributor and producer of premium consumer products.Sean has been involved in the Wine & Spirits industry since the age of 16, as part of the operations team at IPE, the Perry family’s international distribution business. In 1997, after obtaining a B.A. in Computer Science from New York University, Sean developed the Grand Cru Wine Division of IPE, primarily focusing on wines from Bordeaux, Burgundy and Tuscany region of Italy.

Working directly with Chateaus, wineries and Domains, and active in the worldwide auction market, Sean has built the Perry wine collection into an asset that is filled with rare and hard to find treasures, (like the only known Rehoboam bottle [4500 mL] of Mouton Rothschild 1929 with Baron Rothschild Signature). At the age of 26, Sean was the youngest and only American member of the Grande Jury European, a blind tasting board composed of Wine Journalists and Professionals that focus on blind tasting as a method of determining wine quality rather than focusing on Famous Labels.

In 2005, Sean Perry founded Cobalt Brands and acquired one of the world’s most iconic and historic Scottish whisky brands, Usquaebach. Using various relationships with Scotch Whisky distillers and cask owners and bottlers, Sean revived this famous antique whisky and brought it back to life. The Iconic brand is now distributed worldwide, with its top markets being Japan, The United States and, China.

Since its inception, Cobalt Brands continues its focus on crafting, building and acquiring brands that are uncompromising on quality. Creating ‘best in category’ spirits products is a goal and mantra that permeates the entire Cobalt Brands team. Since resurrecting Usquaebach Scotch Whisky, the company has acquired the premium Cognac brand ‘Conjure’, launched Kokorodama Japanese Whisky, and acquired a stake in the Fable Whisky brand. Fable Whisky features single cask whisky selections across various Scottish distilleries.