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unusual facts about American Tobacco



Oliver Hazard Payne

Oliver Hazard Payne (July 21, 1839 – June 27, 1917) was an American businessman, organizer of the American Tobacco trust, and assisted with the formation of U.S. Steel, and was affiliated with Standard Oil.

Shut the Door. Have a Seat

The two bring in Roger Sterling (John Slattery), whose American Tobacco account they depend on, and Lane Pryce (Jared Harris) who, it turns out, has been misled by his British employers.


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Garman Ryan Collection

Sally Ryan was able to fund the collection of artworks due to a large inheritance received from her grandfather Thomas Fortune Ryan, a successful American tobacco and transport magnate.

James Buchanan Duke

In 1906, the American Tobacco Company was found guilty of antitrust violations, and was ordered to be split into three separate companies: American Tobacco Company, Liggett and Myers, and the P. Lorillard Company.

Juan Mauricio Wurmser

His years as a corporate marketing executive include early assignments with the Guatemala subsidiaries of Warner Lambert, Avon, and Colgate-Palmolive, before joining British American Tobacco in 1978, a company that he served for 15 years in Guatemala, Panama, Spain, Mexico, and Argentina before returning to Guatemala as President and General Manager of its local subsidiary.

Sherm

Slang for Nat Sherman, an American tobacco brand, named for its founder.

Softline International

Leading Russian and foreign Companies work with Softline, among which there are leading enterprises of large business: Public Corporation “Gazprom”, Public Corporation “Lukoil”, Public Corporation “GMK Norilskiy Nikel”, Public Corporation “Pivovarennaya Kompania “Baltika”, Coca-Cola, Samsung Electronics, Nestlé, British American Tobacco Plc, Toshiba and over fifty thousand of other companies from the segment of large-, medium- and small-scale business.

Thomas Willson

Due to this venture and running out of capital, he lost nearly all of his estate to his creditor, American tobacco king J.B. "Buck" Duke.