Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Brown_&_Williamson_Tobacco_Corporation
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:company
gptkbp:acquiredBy gptkb:R.J._Reynolds_Tobacco_Company
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:defunct 2004
gptkbp:fate merged with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
gptkbp:founded 1893
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Robert_Williamson
gptkb:George_T._Brown
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Louisville,_Kentucky,_United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
gptkbp:industry gptkb:tobacco
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:R.J._Reynolds_Tobacco_Company
gptkbp:notableCase gptkb:United_States_v._Philip_Morris_USA_Inc.,_et_al.
gptkbp:notableEvent involved in tobacco litigation
featured in the film The Insider
subject of whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand
gptkbp:notableProduct gptkb:King
gptkb:Barclay
gptkb:Kool
gptkb:Lucky_Strike
gptkb:GPC
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees ~8,000 (at peak)
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:British_American_Tobacco
gptkbp:stockExchange not publicly traded
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Reynolds_American
gptkbp:type gptkb:subsidiary
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:FDA_v._Brown_&_Williamson_Tobacco_Corp.
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6