Philip Morris International Inc. · New York, NY United States ·(NYSE: PM)

Philip Morris International (PMI) wants the world to light one up. The firm, which makes seven of the top 15 brands of tobacco products in the world, sells its smokes in 160 countries. The company in 2008 held a more than 15% share of the international cigarette market outside the US. Its key brands include Marlboro (the world's top-selling cigarette), Bond Street, Chesterfield, Lark, Merit, Parliament, Rothmans, Number 7, Philip Morris, and Virginia Slims, as well as popular regional brands. PMI acquired a controlling stake in Indonesia's PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna clove cigarette firm for some $5.1 billion. PMI, which was spun off from Altria in early 2008, acquired Rothmans in 2008. To read the full description, subscribe now.