Universal Corporation — Company profile
Consumer Staples · Tobacco · United States
Last price 41.44 USD (Oct 30, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT) · Market cap 1.03B
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Company profile
Universal Corporation, a business-to-business agriproducts company, provides leaf tobacco and plant-based ingredients to food and beverage end markets worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Tobacco Operations and Ingredients Operations. The Tobacco Operations segment is involved in procuring, processing, packing of flue-cured, burley, dark air-cured, and oriental leaf tobacco for consumer product manufacturers, as well as provision of related services. This segment also offers specialty services, such as custom blending, chemical and physical testing of tobacco, service cutting, reconstituted leaf tobacco manufacturing, and just-in-time product delivery services; and liquid nicotine for tobacco products manufacturers, as well as recycled waste materials from tobacco production. The Ingredients Operations segment engages in the production of specialty plant-based ingredients, including fruits, vegetables, herbs, fruit and vegetable juices, concentrates, pomaces, ciders, purees, nutraceuticals, fruit fibers, seeds, seed powders, dehydrated products, botanical extracts, distillates, natural flavors, colors, and other value-added products for consumer-packaged goods manufacturers and retailers, as well as food, and beverage companies. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.
Details
| Name | Universal Corporation |
| Sector | Consumer Staples |
| Industry | Tobacco |
| Employees | 11250 |
| Founded | 1886 |
| Ceo | Preston Wigner |
| Country | United States |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Fiscal Year | April - March |
| Reporting Currency | USD |
| Isin | US9134561094 |
| Cusip | 913456109 |
| Cik | 0000102037 |
| Sic | 5150 |
| Stock Type | Common Stock |
Key executives
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Preston Douglas Wigner | President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman |
| Airton L. Hentschke | Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President |
| Catherine H. Claiborne | Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
| John Patrick O'Keefe | Vice President of Ingredients |
| Steven S. Diel | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
| Harvard B. Smith | Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer |
| McKeen Starke | Senior Vice President and Sales Director |
| Tatiana Santos Godoi | Chief Human Resources Officer |
| Theodore G. Broome | Executive Vice President and Sales Director of Universal Leaf Tobacco Company Inc |
| Joseph W. Hearington Jr. | Vice President of Internal Auditing |
Contact
| Address | 9201 Forest Hill Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23235, United States |
| Phone | 804 359 9311 |
| Website | https://www.universalcorp.com |