Native name | 주식회사 케이티앤지 |
|---|---|
| Formerly | Korea Tobacco & Ginseng Corporation |
| Company type | Public |
| KRX:033780 | |
| Industry | Tobacco |
| Predecessor | Korea Monopoly Corporation |
| Founded | April 1989; 36 years ago (1989-04) |
| Headquarters | , South Korea |
Key people | Bok-In Baek (President &CEO)[1] |
| Products | Cigarettes |
| Revenue | |
| Total assets | USD 10.1 billion[3] (2018) |
| Subsidiaries | KGC Yungjin Pharm |
| Footnotes / references [4][5][6] | |
KT&G Corporation (Korean: 주식회사 케이티앤지), originallyKorea Tobacco & Ginseng, also branded asKorea Tomorrow & Global, is the leadingtobacco company inSouth Korea with annual sales over US$4 billion. KT&G was originally agovernment-ownedmonopoly but was privatised and today is publicly traded, competing formarket share with other international tobacco firms such asPhilip Morris International,British American Tobacco, andJapan Tobacco.[5] KT&G's sales volume share was 62% of the Korean market in 2009.[7]
KT&G also owns significant subsidiaries such asKorea Ginseng Corporation, Yungjin Pharm (a pharmaceutical company), and several bio ventures. Its headquarters are inDaejeon.
KT&G produces popular Koreancigarette brands such as The One, Indigo, Arirang, This, This Plus, Zest,Esse,Raison, and Lo Crux. It has been expanded outside Korea, especially through its superslim brand Esse inRussia and otherEastern European markets.
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