Altria

"Philip Morris" redirects here. For the racecar driver, see Philip Morris (autoracer).

Altria Group, Inc

Altria logo
Company type	Public
Industry	Tobacco, Food, Beverage
Founded	1860 London, UK
Headquarters	New York City, USA
Key people	Louis Camilleri, CEO & Chairman Dinyar Devitre, CFO
Products	See below
Revenue	$101.407 billion USD (2006) [1]
Operating income	11,919,000,000 United States dollar (2022)
Net income	$12.022 billion USD (2006) [2]
Number of employees	199,000
Website	www.altria.com

Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO) (previously named Philip Morris Companies Inc.), based in New York City, is the parent company of Philip Morris International, Philip Morris USA, John Middleton, Inc. and Philip Morris Capital Corporation, and is one of the world's largest tobacco corporations. In addition, Altria Group, Inc. has a 28.7% economic and voting interest in one of the world's largest brewing companies, UK based SABMiller plc. It is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500.

On January 27, 2003, Philip Morris Companies Inc. changed its name to Altria Group, Inc. On March 30, 2007, a spin out of Kraft Foods subsidiary (publicly traded since 2001) was concluded through distribution of the remaining stake of shares (88.1%) to Altria shareholders. As a result, Altria no longer holds any interest in Kraft Foods.

Holdings

Altria Group, Inc. owns 100 percent of Philip Morris USA, Philip Morris International, John Middleton, Inc. and Philip Morris Capital Corporation. It also owns 28.7% of SABMiller PLC.

Before the recent restructuring, the net revenue (and operating income) of Altria Group, Inc. came predominantly from its tobacco business, as is shown in the following table. Altria's share of SABMiller's revenue and profits is not included in the table below because its holding it too small to be consolidated in the group accounts. :

Activity	Net revenue in 2006 (millions USD)	Net revenue in 2006 (%)	Operating income in 2006 (millions USD)	Operating income in 2006 (%)
USA tobacco	18,474	18.2%	4,812	26.5%
International tobacco	48,260	47.6%	8,458	46.5%
North American food	23,118	22.8%	3,753	20.7%
International food	11,238	11.1%	964	5.3%
Financial services	317	0.3%	176	1.0%
Total	101,407	100%	18,163	100%

Philip Morris component

Altria's tobacco subsidiary, Philip Morris, is the world's largest commercial tobacco company by sales. Their flagship Marlboro is the world's most popular tobacco brand. Other popular tobacco brands owned by Philip Morris are Parliament, Virginia Slims, and Benson & Hedges (licensed in some markets).

Philip Morris was founded by a London tobacconist of the same name. He was one of the first people to sell hand-rolled cigarettes in the 1860s, selling them under the brand names Oxford and Cambridge Blues, following the adoption of cigarette smoking by British soldiers returning from the Crimean War. The company opened its New York office in 1902 and soon became part of James Duke's American Tobacco Company monopoly.

Though Altria's headquarters are still in New York, in 2004 its Philip Morris USA division completed a move of its 682 New York based employees to Richmond, Virginia. Of the 682 offered relocation, only a handful accepted and relocated. Over 500 New York based employees accepted an early retirement or severance package and did not make the move to Richmond.

History

Altria's history at a glance

• 1847: Philip Morris opens a shop in London, selling tobacco and ready-made cigarettes.
• 1881: Philip Morris goes public in London.
• 1887: The company becomes Philip Morris & Co., Ltd.
• 1902: Philip Morris & Co. Ltd. is incorporated in New York.
• 1919: Acquisition of Philip Morris & Co. in the US by a new firm owned by American stockholders and incorporation in Virginia under the name of Philip Morris & Co., Ltd., Inc.
• 1924: Introduction of the Marlboro brand
• 1951: Philip Morris becomes the highly visible sponsor of CBS's "I Love Lucy" TV Show.
• 1954: The first major affiliate outside the USA is created: Philip Morris (Australia) Ltd.
• 1955: Philip Morris & Co. Ltd., Inc. changes its name to Philip Morris Incorporated.
• 1955: Philip Morris Overseas is established as an international division within Philip Morris (to be renamed Philip Morris International in 1967).
• 1963: Philip Morris acquires its first factory in Europe, Switzerland's Fabriques de Tabac Réunies (FTR).
• 1967: Philip Morris reorganizes to create three internal operating divisions within Philip Morris Incorporated: Philip Morris Domestic, Philip Morris International and Philip Morris Industrial.
• 1968: Philip Morris Domestic changes its name to Philip Morris USA.
• 1969: Philip Morris Inc. acquires Miller Brewing Company from W.R. Grace and Company
• 1970: Philip Morris GmbH set up as an affiliate in Germany.
• 1985: Philip Morris Companies, a holding company, becomes the publicly-held parent of Philip Morris Incorporated.
• 1987: Philip Morris International, newly incorporated operating company, acquires the international business division of Philip Morris, Inc.
• 1988: Philip Morris Companies Inc. acquires Kraft Foods.
• 2000: Philip Morris Companies Inc. merges Nabisco, a spin-off from RJR Nabisco, into Kraft Foods.
• 2001: Philip Morris International headquarters are relocated from the USA to Lausanne, Switzerland.
• 2002: Philip Morris Companies Inc. sells Miller Brewing Company to South African Breweries, retaining a 36% share.
• 2003: Philip Morris Companies Inc. changes its name to Altria Group, Inc., the parent company of Kraft Foods, Philip Morris USA, Philip Morris International and Philip Morris Capital Corporation.
• 2007: The company announces the spin-off of Kraft Foods, and will concentrate on its tobacco activity
• 2007: The company announces the plan to phase out production and jobs at the Concord, North Carolina plant, ultimately shutting the plant down by 2010.
• 2007: Altria announces the planned spin-off of Philip Morris International

Products

Tobacco

Philip Morris brands:

• Alpine
• Basic
• Benson & Hedges
• Best
• Bond Street (non-US brand)
• Bristol
• Bucks
• Cambridge
• Chesterfield (named for Chesterfield County, Virginia)
• Classic
• Collector's Choice
• Commander
• Drina
• English Ovals
• F6
• Lark
• L&M
• Marlboro
• Merit
• Morava
• Next
• Parliament
• Players
• Saratoga
• Sampoerna (a brand of Indonesian kretek cigarettes)
• Virginia Slims
• West

Alcohol

(excluding beer):

• SABMiller -
• Distell - bottler, 30% interest
• Amalgamated Beverage Industries - exclusive bottler for Coca-Cola and Schweppes in areas of *South Africa.
• Appletiser - sparkling fruit juices
• Appletiser
• Grapetiser Red
• Grapetiser White
• Beer (by country):
• Botswana
• Fusion Banana
• Fusion Ice
• Fusion Pineapple
• Fusion Tropical
• China
• Snow beer 11°P
• Czech Republic
• Frisco
• Gambrinus
• Gambrinus Dia with lower sugar content
• Gambrinus Premium
• Pilsner Urquell
• Radegast Birell
• Radegast Original
• Radegast Premium
• Velkopopovický Kozel Cerny
• Velkopopovický Kozel Premium
• Velkopopovický Kozel Svetly
• El Salvador, CA
• Regia Extra
• Ghana
• Club Premium Lager
• Honduras
• Bahia ®
• Imperial ®
• Port Royal ®
• Salva Vida ®
• Hungary
• Arany Ászok
• Dreher Classic
• K?bányai Sör
• India
• Haywards 2000 H2K
• Haywards 5000
• Knock Out
• Royal Challenge Premium Lager
• Italy
• Nastro Azzurro
• Peroni
• Raffo
• Wührer
• Lesotho
• Carling Black Label (Brewed under licence.)
• Castle Lager (Brewed under licence.)
• Castle Milk Stout (Brewed under licence.)
• Maluti Premium Lager
• Poland
• Debowe Mocne (Oak Strong)
• Ksi???ce Tyskie
• Lech Mocny
• Lech Pils
• Lech Premium
• Miller Genuine Draft (Brewed under licence.)
• Pilsner Urquell (Brewed under licence.)
• Redd's
• Tyskie Gronie
• ?ubr (Bison)
• Romania
• Timisoreana
• Ursus Premium
• Russia
• Holsten (Brewed under licence.)
• Tri Bogatyria Bochkovoye
• Tri Bogatyria Svetloye
• Zolotaya Bochka Classicheskoye (Golden Barrel Classic)
• Zolotaya Bochka Osobaya Seria (Special Series)
• Zolotaya Bochka Svetloye (Golden Barrel Light)
• Zolotaya Bochka Vyderzhannoye (Golden Barrel Aged)
• Slovakia
• Šariš 10%
• Šariš 11% Dark
• Šariš 12% Premium
• Smädný mních Light
• Smädný mních Premium
• Topvar
• South Africa
• Amstel Lager
• Carling Black Label
• Castle Lager
• Castle Lite
• Castle Milk Stout
• Miller Genuine Draft (Brewed under licence.)
• Redd's
• Sterling Light Lager
• Swaziland
• Castle Lager (Brewed under licence.)
• Castle Milk Stout (Brewed under licence.)
• Carling Black Label (Brewed under licence.)
• United States
• Henry Weinhard's Amber Light
• Henry Weinhard's Blue Boar Pale Ale
• Henry Weinhard's Hefeweizen
• Henry Weinhard's Northwest Trail
• Henry Weinhard's Private Reserve
• Icehouse
• Leinenkugel's Amber Light
• Leinenkugel's Berry Weiss
• Leinenkugel's Big Butt Doppelbock
• Leinenkugel's Creamy Dark Lager
• Leinenkugel's Honey Weiss
• Leinenkugel's Light
• Leinenkugel's Northwoods Lager
• Leinenkugel's Oktoberfest
• Leinenkugel's Original
• Leinenkugel's Red Lager
• Mickey's Malt Liquor
• Miller Genuine Draft
• Miller Genuine Draft Light
• Miller High Life
• Miller Lite
• Milwaukee's Best
• Olde English 800 Malt Liquor
• SKYY Blue
• SKYY Sport
• Zambia
• Fusion Banana
• Fusion Ice
• Fusion Pineapple
• Fusion Tropical
• Mosi Lager
• Rhino Lager
• Whisky Black

Foods

Kraft Foods - (Formerly General Foods) brands: Post Cereals 100% Bran Alpha-Bits Marshmallow Alpha-Bits Banana Nut Crunch Blueberry Morning Bran Flakes Cranberry Almond Crunch Cinna-Cluster Raisin Bran Cocoa Pebbles Fruity Pebbles Fruit & Fibre Frosted Shredded Wheat Golden Crisp Grape-Nuts Grape-Nuts Flakes Grape-Nuts O's Great Grains Honey Bunches of Oats Honey Bunches of Oats with Strawberries Honeycomb Honey Nut Shredded Wheat Oreo O's Postum Post Pebbles Post Premium Raisin Bran Post Shredded Wheat Shredded Wheat 'N Bran Post Toasties Waffle Crisp Nabisco Jell-O Planters Nuts LifeSavers Candies Chips Ahoy Fig Newtons Mallomars Oreos Ritz Crackers Teddy Grahams Triscuits Wheat Thins Royal Altoids Kraft cheese Tang Kool-Aid Philadelphia Cream Cheese Boca Burger Crystal Light (called Clight in Mexico) Daim Del Monte Jacobs Coffee Jet Puffed Marshamallows Kaffee HAG Lenders Bagels Maxwell House Milka Milka Lila pause Milka M-joy Miracle Whip Miracoli Mirácoli O’Fino (Germany) Nabob Coffee Onko Oscar Mayer meats Shake 'n Bake Suchard Suchard Finessa (Austria) Toblerone Tombstone Pizza Vegemite Pavlides (Greek subsidiary) lacta Jacobs Ebony coffee (Germany, Austria and Eastern Europe) Gevalia coffee (Nordic countries)

Corporate governance

Board of directors

Current members of the board of directors of Altria Group are:

• Elizabeth Bailey
• Harold Brown (former U.S. Secretary of Defense)
• Mathis Cabiallavetta
• Louis C. Camilleri
• Dudley Fishburn
• Robert Huntley
• Thomas W. Jones
• George Muñoz
• Lucio Noto
• John S. Reed
• Stephen Wolf

On May 1, 2006, Carlos Slim resigned from the board of directors. The board presently comprises eleven members.

Executive staff

• Louis C. Camilleri, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Altria Group, Inc.
• André Calantzopoulos, President and Chief Executive Officer, Philip Morris International Inc.
• Michael E. Szymanczyk, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Philip Morris USA Inc
• John J. Mulligan, President and Chief Executive Officer, Philip Morris Capital Corporation.
• Dinyar S. Devitre, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Altria Group, Inc.
• David I. Greenberg, Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Altria Group, Inc.
• Steven C. Parrish, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Altria Group, Inc.
• Charles R. Wall, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Altria Group, Inc.

Political influence

According to the Center for Public Integrity, Altria spent around $101 million on lobbying the United States government between 1998 and 2004, making it the second most active organization in the nation.

Altria contributes to the furthering of opinions critical of the impact of global warming and climate change, through the funding of astroturf organizations such as The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition.

See also

• Tobacco industry
• Philip Morris USA
• Master Settlement Agreement

External links

• Official site
• Philip Morris history