Japan Tobacco International

Japan Tobacco International
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTobacco
Founded1999 (1999)
HeadquartersGeneva, 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, nicotine pouches, heat-not-burn devices
Number of employees
46,000 (2024)
ParentJapan Tobacco
Websitewww.jti.com

Japan Tobacco International (JTI) is the international tobacco division of Japan Tobacco (Global Fortune 500), one of the three largest international Big Tobacco product manufacturers. The holding company is JT International SA and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. It sells its brands in 130 countries. It is the youngest of the big tobacco companies.

As of 2018, JTI employed around 46,000 people around the world at 400 offices, 27 factories, five research and development centers, and five tobacco-processing facilities.

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