Liggett & Myers

GPTKB entity

Statements (60)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:tobacco
gptkbp:acquired_by gptkb:Vector_Group_Ltd.
gptkbp:acquisition acquired by Lorillard in 2006
acquired by Vector Group in 2007
gptkbp:advertising controversial
gptkbp:competitors gptkb:British_American_Tobacco
gptkb:Imperial_Brands
gptkb:Philip_Morris
gptkb:Reynolds_American
gptkbp:employees approximately 1,000
gptkbp:founded 1873
gptkbp:founded_in gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:founder gptkb:John_Myers
gptkb:George_Liggett
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Durham
gptkb:North_Carolina
gptkb:Durham,_North_Carolina
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Liggett & Myers
gptkbp:industry gptkb:tobacco
gptkbp:key_people gptkb:Robert_J._Mc_Carthy
gptkb:David_R._Kessler
gptkbp:legal_issue settlements with states
lawsuits regarding health risks
gptkbp:market gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:market_share significant in the U. S. market
gptkbp:notable_products gptkb:Newport_cigarettes
gptkb:Chesterfield
gptkb:Eve
gptkb:Pall_Mall
gptkb:American_Spirit_cigarettes
gptkb:Pall_Mall_cigarettes
gptkb:Marlboro_cigarettes
gptkb:Camel_cigarettes
gptkb:Kool_cigarettes
gptkb:Chesterfield_cigarettes
gptkb:Doral_cigarettes
gptkb:Eve_cigarettes
gptkb:Fortune_cigarettes
gptkb:GPC_cigarettes
gptkb:L&_M_cigarettes
gptkb:Lucky_Strike_cigarettes
gptkb:Raleigh_cigarettes
gptkb:Tareyton_cigarettes
gptkb:True_cigarettes
gptkb:Viceroy_cigarettes
L& M
Benson & Hedges cigarettes
gptkbp:parent_company gptkb:Vector_Group_Ltd.
gptkbp:products gptkb:tobacco
gptkbp:revenue $1.5 billion (2019)
gptkbp:subsidiary gptkb:Liggett_Group_LLC
gptkbp:type gptkb:public_company
gptkbp:type_of_business manufacturing
retail
wholesale
gptkbp:website www.liggett.com
gptkbp:year_established 1873
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Duke_Tobacco_Company
gptkb:American_Tobacco_Company
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6