Japan Tobacco International

JT International SA
Company typesubsidiary
IndustryTobacco
Founded1999
Headquarters2-1, Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Geneva, Switzerland
Key people
Eddy Pirard President and CEO Koji Shimayoshi Deputy CEO and Executive Vice President Business Development and Corporate Strategy
ProductsCigarettes, vaping products, roll-your-own tobacco, snus, pipe tobacco, cigars[1]
OwnerJapan Tobacco
Number of employees
45,000 (2019)[2]
Websitewww.jti.com

JTI - Japan Tobacco International is the international tobacco division of Japan Tobacco,[3] a leading international tobacco product manufacturer. The holding company is JT International SA and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and Geneva, Switzerland, and sells its brands in 120 countries.

As of 2018, JTI employed around 40,000 people around the world at 400 offices, 27 factories, five research and development centers, and five tobacco-processing facilities.[4]

Eddy Pirard is the president and CEO, and Koji Shimayoshi is the deputy CEO and executive vice president for business development and corporate strategy.[5]

  1. ^ "Our Brands". JTI. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  2. ^ "About Us". JTI. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Global Site". Japan Tobacco. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Where We Operate". JTI. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Our leadership". JTI. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2022.