Bowman Gray Sr. (May 1, 1874 – July 7, 1935) was president and chairman of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and a major benefactor of the medical school of Wake Forest College which now bears his name.

2018年7月20日 · James A. Gray followed his brother, Bowman Gray Sr., to R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company from Wachovia in 1920. As Vice President, James A. Gray was responsible for listing R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company on the New York Stock Exchange. As President, he was the second longest serving President of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company since R.J. himself.

Gray developed Whitaker Park, the largest and most modern cigarette factory in the world. He also diversified the company acquiring Hawaiian Punch and Chun King Chinese foods. Gray grew company’s sales from just over $1 billion in 1957 to nearly $2 billion by 1967.

2023年4月28日 · Bowman Gray was a former president and chairman of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in Winston-Salem, North Carolina; and a major benefactor of Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Bowman Gray was born in what was then Winston, North Carolina to Wachovia co-founder James Alexander Gray and the former Aurelia Bowman.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc., is the holding company for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, one of the largest cigarette manufacturers in the United States. As of 1999, the company held a 25 percent share of the cigarette market and sold four of the ten most popular cigarette brands in the nation: the premium brands Winston, Camel, and ...

2024年12月1日 · In 1913, his company, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJR), initially focused on producing chewing tobacco, unleashed a new product, the Camel cigarette, after teasing the public with a series of secretive ads.

2022年4月26日 · The following year young Gray became a salesman with the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, in Winston-Salem, of which his father was president. Advancing through the ranks, he was assistant sales manager in 1939 and vice-president in 1949.

Bowman Gray, Senior was a former president and chairman of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and a major benefactor of the medical school of Wake Forest College that would bear his name.

In 1895 he joined R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company as a salesman, and his territory was the state of Georgia. He was later promoted to eastern sales manager, then in 1912 he was made vice-president and director of the company. He returned to Winston at this time.

Bowman Gray, Jr. was chairman of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in the 1960s and his father (James Alexander Gray) was the tobacco company founder's original business partner.