reynolds american building type public traded as nyse rai s & p 500 component industry tobacco founded 2004 headquarters winston salem north carolina united states key people susan cameron president and ceo revenue us 8.236 billion 2013 1 us 8.304 billion 2012 1 operating income us 3.132 billion 2013 1 us 2.214 billion 2012 1 net income us 1.718 billion 2013 1 us 1.272 billion 2012 1 total assets us 15.402 billion 2013 2 us 16.557 billion 2012 1 total equity us 5.167 billion 2013 2 us 5.257 billion 2012 2 number of employees 5 400 2011 website www.reynoldsamerican.com footnotes references 3 reynolds american inc. nyse rai is an american tobacco company and is the second largest tobacco company in the united states . 4 its holdings include r. j. reynolds tobacco company american snuff company formerly conwood company santa fe natural tobacco company and niconovum ab . reynolds american s subsidiaries manufacture and market a variety of tobacco products including cigarettes newport camel pall mall kent doral misty capri and natural american spirit brands and moist snuff grizzly and kodiak brands . 5 in 2010 reynolds american s operating companies sold about 28 % of all cigarettes sold in the u.s. 6 in july 2014 reynolds american announced the purchase of lorillard tobacco company in a deal valued at 27 billion . history edit reynolds american was formed in january 2004 7 and began trading publicly on the new york stock exchange as rai in august 2004 . 5 in july 2004 the u.s. business of british american tobacco brown & williamson was combined with that of r. j. reynolds tobacco company r. j. reynolds under the r. j. reynolds name . r. j. reynolds and brown & williamson were the second and third ranking u.s. tobacco companies prior to the combination . when they combined r. j. reynolds became a subsidiary of reynolds american with bat holding a 42 % share of rai . 7 santa fe natural tobacco company which manufactures the additive free natural american spirit brand of tobacco products also became a subsidiary of reynolds american at that time . 7 prior to becoming rai operating companies both r. j. reynolds and santa fe were part of r. j. reynolds tobacco holdings inc. which traded on the new york stock exchange as rjr . rjr became a subsidiary of rai in july 2004 . 7 r. j. reynolds was established as a tobacco company in winston salem north carolina in 1875 . 8 in 2006 reynolds american expanded into the smokeless tobacco category with the acquisition of conwood the second biggest smokeless tobacco company in the united states . conwood manufactures and markets moist and dry snuff loose leaf plug and twist chewing tobaccos . at the time of the acquisition 70 % of conwood s sales came from the growing moist snuff segment with the grizzly brand showing the fastest growth . 9 grizzly s continued growth since 2006 has made it the best selling brand in the moist snuff category . 10 in 2008 rai was recognized as a leader in corporate sustainability by being added to the membership in the 2008 2009 dow jones sustainability north america index djsi north american . rai is the only u.s. tobacco company and one of 125 north american companies on the index . 11 selection for the index is based on performance in a number of economic environmental and social criteria . 12 the wall street journal reported in november 2009 that reynolds american intended to buy sweden based niconovum ab a maker of products such as nicotine gum for 44.5 million . 13 the deal was completed in december . 14 former chairman president and ceo of reynolds tobacco daniel daan delen assumed the positions of president and ceo of reynolds american on march 1 2011 15 after former president ceo and chairwoman susan ivey announced she would retire as chairwoman november 1 2010 and as president and ceo effective february 28 2011 . 16 ivey now known as susan cameron returned as ceo in april 2014 after being elected by the board of directors . 17 in july 2014 reynolds american inc. announced it would buy lorillard tobacco company for roughly 25 billion a result of slowed sales . the deal is valued at 27.4 billion including debt . 18 19 reynolds agreed to pay 68.88 in cash and stock for every lorillard share and assume its debt . 20 the deal also included the sale of the kool winston salem and blu brands to imperial for 7.1 billion . 21 the merger became official on june 12 2015 . 22 a legal notice filed july 29 2015 said that reynolds must get a county permit to make newports at its tobaccoville plant so for 18 months imperial will make newports and reynolds will make three brands it sold . 23 on september 15 2016 the former speaker of the us house john boehner joined the board of reynolds american . 24 references edit a b c d e f g reynolds american inc 2013 annual report form 10 k xbrl . united states securities and exchange commission . february 11 2014 . a b c reynolds american inc 2014 q1 quarterly report form 10 q xbrl . united states 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