Vector Group

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Vector Group Ltd.
Company type Subsidiary
NYSE: VGR
IndustryDiversified holding
Genre Holding company
Founded1986(38 years ago) (1986). [1]
Founder Bennett S. LeBow
Headquarters Miami, Florida, U.S.
Key people
 Bennett S. LeBow Chairman
Howard Lorber President and Chief Executive Officer
Richard Lampen Executive Vice President [2]
J. Bryant Kirkland III Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer [2]
Marc N. Bell Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary [2]
Ronald J. Bernstein President and Chief Executive Officer of Liggett Group LLC and Liggett Vector Brands LLC [2]
Products Tobacco, real estate, property management [3]
Revenue$2.02 billion (FY 2020) [4]
$92.5 million (FY 2020) [4]
Total assets $1.34 billion (FY 2020) [5]
Number of employees
1,007 [5]
Parent Japan Tobacco
Subsidiaries Liggett Group LLC
New Valley LLC
Vector Tobacco [3]
Website vectorgroupltd.com

Vector Group Ltd. is an American diversified holding company with two major businesses: Liggett Group [6] (tobacco) and New Valley (real estate). [7]

Contents

Bennett S. LeBow founded Vector Group in 1986. Since then, he has served as Chairman. Howard Lorber has served as the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer since 1994. [8]

Vector Group was previously called Brooke Group. [9]

In August 2024, Vector Group agreed to be acquired by Japan Tobacco (JT Group) to become a wholly owned consolidated subsidiary of JT. [10] The deal was completed in October 2024. [11]

Holdings

Subsidiaries

Founded in 1873, Liggett Group is the fourth-largest cigarette manufacturer in the U.S. [12] Liggett operates in the discount cigarette market. As of March 31, 2019, Liggett's family of brands represented a 14% share of the discount market. [13] Its core brands include: Pyramid, Grand Prix, Liggett Select, Eve, Eagle 20's, and Montego. [14] [15] Vector Tobacco is engaged in the manufacture of conventional cigarettes, based in North Carolina.

New Valley LLC (formerly known as Western Union) [16] is a diversified real estate company that acquires or invests in real estate properties or projects. It has invested in more than 30 real estate projects as of March 31, 2019. [13]

New Valley previously owned 100 percent [17] of Douglas Elliman, the largest residential real estate brokerage firm in the New York metropolitan area and fourth-largest residential brokerage firm in the U.S. [18] In December 2021, Vector Group completed the spin-off of Douglas Elliman into a standalone, publicly traded company. [19]

Office locations

Vector Group and New Valley's headquarters are in Miami, Florida [3] and they have an additional office in New York, New York. [20]

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  13. 1 2 "FORM 8-K". SEC. May 31, 2019.
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