LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- CoCo Vodka, The Original Hard Coconut Water has announced the addition of successful and highly respected alcohol industry executive Tom Cole as an investor in the fast-growing ready-made beverage company. Tom Cole presently is the Chairman on the Board of Directors of the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America and an advisory board member and investor in leading e-commerce provider Thirstie. Prior to that he served as President and CEO of Republic National Distributing Company, LLC, the second-largest wine & spirits wholesaler in the U.S., where during his tenure he led the company from $600 million