Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Tobacco |
Founded | 1875[1] |
Founder | Richard Joshua Reynolds |
Fate | Merged with British American Tobacco in 2004 |
Headquarters | RJR Plaza Building, 401 North Main Street, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (2008–present) Reynolds Building, 51 East 4th Street, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (1929–2008) |
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, and headquartered at the RJR Plaza Building. Founded by 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, after merging with the U.S. operations of British American Tobacco in 2004.
RJR has a large brand portfolio, which includes Camel, Newport, Doral, Eclipse, Kent, and Pall Mall. Other brands commercialized in the past were Barclay, Belair, and Real.