Company type | Public |
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Industry | Tobacco |
Founded | 1760 |
Defunct | 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) |
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]
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]