biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1907–69)
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| biography:
| Cigarette executive, born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. In 1930 he joined R J Reynolds Tobacco (of which his father was president), and served variously as president, chairman, and chief executive officer (1959–69). A prominent apologist for the tobacco industry, he was responsible for developing the Winston and Salem brands and diversifying the company into the food industry. |
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