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- Philip Morris Companies Inc.
- Country : United States
- City: New York
- State: New York - NY
- Address: 120 Park Ave.
- Zipcode: 10017
- Category: Fortune 1000 Companies
- Description: The house the Marlboro Man built, Philip Morris Companies, is the world's largest tobacco firm; it controls about half of the US tobacco market, and the Marlboro name is one of the world's most valuable brands. It also makes the Benson & Hedges and Virginia Slims brands. However, tobacco is only part of the story. Philip Morris owns 84% of Kraft Foods, the world's #2 food company (after Nestlé), which makes leading brands such as Jell-O, Kool-Aid, Maxwell House, Oscar Mayer, Post cereals. The tobacco giant bought Nabisco in late 2000, folding those brands into Kraft's food portfolio. Philip Morris owns 36% of the world's #2 brewer, SABMiller plc.
- Products: Tobacco