Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Tobacco |
Founded | 1875[1] |
Founder | Richard Joshua Reynolds |
Headquarters | |
Key people | James Murphy (Chairman) Bernd Meyer (President) Jorge Araya (CEO and CCO) |
Products | Cigarettes |
Number of employees | 4,000[2] |
Parent | Reynolds American |
Website | rjrt.com |
The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJR) is an American tobacco manufacturing company based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded by namesake R. J. Reynolds in 1875,[1] it is the largest tobacco company in the United States. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Reynolds American, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of British American Tobacco.
RJR has a large brand portfolio, which includes Camel, Newport, Doral, Eclipse, Kent, and Pall Mall. Other brands commercialized in the past included Barclay, Belair, and Real.