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'{{Short description|South Korean tobacco company}} {{Infobox company | name = KT&G Corporation | logo = KT&G Logo.svg | logo_size = | logo_upright = <!-- default = 1 --> | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = | image_size = | image_upright = <!-- default = 1 --> | image_alt = | image_caption = | trade_name = | native_name = 주식회사 케이티앤지 | native_name_lang = ko | romanized_name = | former_name = Korea Tobacco & Ginseng Corporation | type = [[Public company|Public]] | traded_as = {{kse|033780}} | ISIN = <!-- {{ISIN|sl=n|pl=y|...}} --> | industry = [[Tobacco industry|Tobacco]] | genre = | predecessor = Korea Monopoly Corporation | founded = {{start date and age|1989|4}} | founder = <!-- or: | founders = --> | defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | fate = | successor = <!-- or: | successors = --> | hq_location = | hq_location_city = [[Daejeon]] | hq_location_country = South Korea | num_locations = | num_locations_year = <!-- Year of num_locations data (if known) --> | area_served = <!-- or: | areas_served = --> | key_people = Bok-In Baek<br /><small>([[President (corporate title)|President]] & [[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]])</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/people.asp?privcapId=2456724|title=KT&G Corporation: CEO and Executives|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2018-03-12}}</ref> | products = [[Cigarettes]] | production = | production_year = <!-- Year of production data (if known) --> | brands = | services = | revenue = {{increase}} [[US Dollars|USD]] 3.9 billion <ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://pulsenews.co.kr/view.php?year=2018&no=75464|title=KT&G rakes in record-high global sales of $979 mn in 2017|website=pulsenews.co.kr|language=en|access-date=2018-03-12}}</ref> | revenue_year = 2018 | operating_income = {{decrease}} [[US Dollars|USD]] 1.07 billion <ref name="auto"/> | income_year = 2018 | net_income = <!-- or: | profit = --> | net_income_year = <!-- or: | profit_year = --><!-- Year of net_income/profit data (if known) --> | aum = <!-- Only for financial-service companies --> | assets = [[US Dollars|USD]] 10.1 billion <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/033780:KS|title=033780:Korea SE Stock Quote - KT&G Corp|website=Bloomberg.com|access-date=2018-03-12}}</ref> | assets_year = 2018 | equity = | equity_year = <!-- Year of equity data (if known) --> | owner = <!-- or: | owners = --> | members = | members_year = <!-- Year of members data (if known) --> | num_employees = | num_employees_year = <!-- Year of num_employees data (if known) --> | parent = | divisions = | subsid = [[Korea Ginseng Corporation|KGC]]<br />Yungjin Pharm | module = <!-- Used to embed other templates --> | ratio = <!-- Basel III ratio; used for banks only --> | rating = <!-- Credit rating; used for banks only --> | website = <!-- {{URL|en.ktng.com/}} --> | footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=2456724|title=KT&G Corporation: Private Company Information|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2018-03-12}}</ref><ref name="history">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/kt-g-corporation-history/|title=History of KT&G Corporation|website=www.fundinguniverse.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kgcus.com/our-story|title=Our Story, Cheong Kwan Jang's Ginseng, best ginseng - Korea Ginseng Corp|website=www.kgcus.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-12}}</ref> }} '''KT&G Corporation''' ({{Korean |hangul=주식회사 케이티앤지}}), originally '''Korea Tobacco & Ginseng''', is the leading [[tobacco]] company in [[South Korea]] with annual sales over US$4 billion. KT&G was originally a [[government of South Korea|government]]-owned [[monopoly]] but was privatized and today is publicly traded, competing for [[market share]] with other international tobacco firms such as [[Philip Morris International]], [[British American Tobacco]], and [[Japan Tobacco]].<ref name="history" /> KT&G's sales volume share was 62% of the Korean market in 2009.<ref name="euromonitor">{{cite web| url= http://www.euromonitor.com/Tobacco_in_South_Korea| title= Tobacco in South Korea| publisher= euromonitor| date= Aug 2010| access-date =2 Jan 2011}}</ref> KT&G also owns significant subsidiaries such as [[Korea Ginseng Corporation]], Yungjin Pharm (a pharmaceuticals company), and several bio ventures. Its headquarters are in [[Daejeon]]. ==Brands== KT&G produces popular Korean [[cigarette]] brands such as The One, Indigo, Arirang, This, This Plus, Zest, [[Esse (cigarette)|Esse]], [[Raison (cigarette)|Raison]], and Lo Crux. It has been expanded outside Korea, especially through its superslim brand Esse in [[Russia]] and other [[Eastern Europe]]an markets. ==See also== * [[Smoking in South Korea]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{Official website|http://www.ktng.com/}} {{Finance links |name= KT&G |google= 033780:KRX |yahoo= 033780.KS |bloomberg= 033780:KS |reuters= 033780.KS }} {{chaebol}} {{KOSPI 200}} {{S&P Asia 50}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Korea Tobacco and Ginseng Corporation}} [[Category:South Korean companies established in 1989]] [[Category:2002 initial public offerings]] [[Category:Food and drink companies of South Korea]] [[Category:Tobacco companies of South Korea]] [[Category:Companies listed on the Korea Exchange]] [[Category:Companies in the KOSPI 200]] [[Category:Companies in the S&P Asia 50]] [[Category:Chaebol]] [[Category:Companies based in Daejeon]] [[Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1989]] {{SouthKorea-company-stub}} [[Category:Government-owned companies of South Korea]]'