Fortune Brands

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Fortune Brands <tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; padding:16px 0 16px 0;"> </td></tr>
Type	Public (NYSE: FO)
Founded	1969
Headquarters	Deerfield, Illinois, USA <tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Key people</th><td>Norm Wesley, Chairman & CEO</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Industry</th><td>Green Inc.</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Products</th><td>Moen Master Lock Jim Beam DeKuyper Knob Creek Vox Vodka El Tesoro Titleist FootJoy </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Revenue</th><td>Image:Green Arrow Up.svg$7.32 billion USD (2004) [1]</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Employees</th><td>34,000</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Slogan</th><td>Leading consumer brands. Consistently strong results.</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Website</th><td>www.fortunebrands.com</td></tr>

Fortune Brands, NYSE: FO is a holding company founded in 1969 as American Brands and later re-named in 1997. The corporate headquarters are in Deerfield, Illinois in the United States.

1 Origins
2 Divisions

[edit] Origins

The American Tobacco Company was founded in 1890, and in 1969 American Brands became its parent company.

[edit] Divisions

[edit] ACCO

In 1987 American Brands acquired ACCO, a holding company which owned several office supply subsidiaries, which included the Swingline brand. In 2005, the company spun-off ACCO to shareholders, and immediately thereafter ACCO merged with General Binding Corporation. This merged company is now known as ACCO Brands.

[edit] Acushnet

The Acushnet Company (purchased in 1976) is Fortune Brands' golf division, producing the Titleist brands of golf balls, FootJoy sports-related clothing such as shoes and gloves, and Cobra golf clubs.

Fortune sold off the Acushnet Company's Acushnet Rubber division in 1985, which was Acushnet's original business (circa early 1900s).