|
When people pick up smoking, British American Tobacco (BAT) picks up steam. Spun off in the reorganization of B.A.T. Industries, BAT is the world's #2 tobacco company (behind Marlboro maker Altria Group). The firm makes about 715 billion cigarettes each year and sells them in more than 150 countries. BAT's global cigarette brands include Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike, and Pall Mall -- just four in a portfolio of some 300. The company also makes loose tobacco and regional cigarette brands. Its former US unit, Brown & Williamson (Kool and GPC cigarettes), merged with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco (RJRT) in 2004. Reinet Investments SCA, controlled by South African billionaire Johann Rupert, is BAT's largest shareholder.
|
| | | Contact Information | |
Address: |
Globe House, 4 Temple Place
London WC2R 2PG, United Kingdom
| | Phone: | +44-20-7845-1000 | | Fax: | +44-20-7845-2118 |
|
| Financial
Highlights | | Fiscal Year End: | December | | Revenue (2008): | 17544.20 M | | Revenue Growth (1 yr): | (-12.30%) | | Employees (2008): | 56,170 | | Employee Growth (1 yr): | 6.00% |
|
|
Key People
| | • |
Chairman:
Jan P. du Plessis
| | • |
Director:
Richard Burrows
| | • |
CEO and Board Member:
Paul Adams
|
|
|
