Bennett S. Lebow

male (FISHER ISLAND, Florida, United States)
chairman of the board, Vector Group, Liggett Group, Bennett LeBow, Brown and Williamson, cigarettes…Americantobaccoindustryexecutive, Tobacco
Bennett LeBow is the Chairman of the Board and CEO of Vector Group, the holding company for, among other companies, Liggett Group Inc., the sixth...
R.J. Reynolds

R.J. Reynolds

male, deceased (1918)
emphysema, American, Tobacco, entrepreneur, Americantobaccoindustryexecutive, from Virginia
Richard Joshua "R.J." Reynolds (1850-1918) was an American businessman and founder of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Reynolds was born in 1850...
Washington Duke

Washington Duke

male, deceased (1905)
monopoly, cigarettes, abolitionist, from North Carolina, durham, Tobacco…American, Americantobaccoindustryexecutive, american civil war, American Tobacco Company
Washington Duke (December 18, 1820 - May 08, 1905) was an American tobacco industrialist and philanthropist. Duke was born George Washington Duke...
James Buchanan Duke

James Buchanan Duke

male, deceased (1925)
Duke University, entrepreneur, British, philanthropist, Tobacco, electric power…American, American energy industry executive, Americantobaccoindustryexecutive, British American Tobacco, American Tobacco Company
James Buchanan Duke (December 23, 1856 - October 10, 1925) was a U.S. tobacco and electric power industrialist best known for his involvement with...
Benjamin Newton Duke

Benjamin Newton Duke

male, deceased (1929)
Mary Lillian Duke, textile, entrepreneur, philanthropist, Tobacco, American…American energy industry executive, Americantobaccoindustryexecutive, American Tobacco Company
Benjamin Newton Duke (April 25, 1855 - January 8, 1929) was a U.S. tobacco, textile, energy industrialist and philanthropist. He was the son of...
F. Ross Johnson

F. Ross Johnson

male, 78 years old
Bob Schaeberle, leveraged buyout, 1987 stock market crash, Shearson Lehman Hutton, chief executive officer, From Winnipeg…American, Americantobaccoindustryexecutive
F. Ross Johnson OC (born 1931) is a Canadian businessman. Born Frederick Ross Johnson in Winnipeg, Manitoba, into a lower-middle-class family, he...
Bowman Gray Sr.

Bowman Gray Sr.

male, deceased (1935)
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Americantobaccoindustryexecutive, Wachovia, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Bowman Gray, Sr. was a former president and chairman of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and a major benefactor of...
George Washington Helme

George Washington Helme

male
Christopher Helme of Rhode Island, Oliver Helme, Wilkes-Barre, Confederate States Army, Americantobaccoindustryexecutive, Confederate Army officer…american civil war
George Washington Helme, the founder of Helmetta, New Jersey, was born in 1822 in Kingston, near Wilkes-Barre, in the coal-mining area of northeast...
Jeffrey Wigand

Jeffrey Wigand

male, 67 years old
impact boosting, From Louisville, Kentucky, from the Bronx, Nicotine, Brown & Williamson, Michael Mann…American, Americantobaccoindustryexecutive, Tobacco Institute
Jeffrey Wigand and I met at an anti-smoking-awards ceremony in New York on January 18. Wigand was receiving an honorarium of $5,000, and former...

Pierre Lorillard IV

male, deceased (1901)
American racehorse owners and breeder, buried at Green-Wood Cemetery, tuxedo, race horse, yacht, Tobacco…American, Americantobaccoindustryexecutive
Pierre Lorillard IV was an American tobacco manufacturer and thoroughbred race horse owner. Born in Westchester, New York, he was the son of Peter...