Lorillard Tobacco Company
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"Lorillard" redirects here. For other uses, see Lorillard (disambiguation).
Lorillard Tobacco Company was an American tobacco company that marketed cigarettes under the brand names Newport, Maverick, Old Gold, Kent, True, Satin, and Max. The company had two operating segments: cigarettes and electronic cigarettes.[1]
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Company type | Public |
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Industry | Tobacco |
Founded | 1760, in New York, British America |
Defunct | 2015; 9 years ago (2015) |
Fate | Purchased by Reynolds American in 2015 |
Headquarters | Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. |
Key people | Murray S. Kessler (Chairman, President and CEO) |
Brands | |
Revenue | $6.46 billion USD (2011) |
$1.89 billion USD (2011) | |
$1.11 billion USD (2011) | |
Number of employees | 3,000 (2013) |
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The company was purchased by Reynolds American, a company owned by British American Tobacco, in 2015,[2] a deal that was announced in 2014.[3]