Back شركة التبغ الامريكيه ARZ American Tobacco German חברת הטבק האמריקאית HE American Tobacco Company ID American Tobacco Company Italian アメリカン・タバコ・カンパニー Japanese 아메리칸 토바코 컴퍼니 Korean American Tobacco Company Dutch American Tobacco Company Portuguese American Tobacco Company Russian
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| Company type | Private (1890–1969) Subsidiary (1969–94) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Tobacco farming and manufacturing |
| Founded | January 31, 1890 in Durham, North Carolina |
| Founder | James B. Duke |
| Defunct | December 22, 1994 |
| Fate | Restructuring and sale to American Brands, Inc. |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Cigarettes and related tobacco products |
| Brands | Fatima Mecca |
| Parent | American Brands, Inc. (1969) |
| Subsidiaries | Lucky Strike (1905–76) |
The American Tobacco Company was a tobacco company founded in 1890 by J. B. Duke through a merger between a number of U.S. tobacco manufacturers including Allen and Ginter and Goodwin & Company. The company was one of the original 12 members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 1896. The American Tobacco Company dominated the industry by acquiring the Lucky Strike Company and over 200 other rival firms. Federal Antitrust action begun in 1907 broke the company into several major companies in 1911.[1][2]
The American Tobacco Company restructured itself in 1969, forming a holding company called American Brands, Inc., which operated American Tobacco as a subsidiary. American Brands acquired a variety of non-tobacco businesses during the 1970s and 1980s and sold its tobacco operations to Brown & Williamson in 1994. American Brands subsequently renamed itself "Fortune Brands".