Murray S. Kessler, tobacco manufacturing company executive.
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration, Villanova University. Master of Business Administration in Marketing & Finance, New York University.
Career
Various positions Clorox. Vice chairman Altria Group, Inc. General manager, Swanson division Campbell Soup Company, 1997—1998, vice president, executive officer, Vlasic International Foods, & president, Swanson Frozen Foods division, 1998—1999.
Senior vice president United States Smokeless Tobacco Company, 2000, president, 2000—2005. President, Chief Executive Officer UST LLC. Chief operating officer UST, Inc.
(acquired by Altria Group, Inc.), Greenwich, Connecticut, 2005—2006, president, 2005—2009, Chief Executive Officer Greenwich, Connecticut, 2007—2009, chairman, 2008—2009. President, Chief Executive Officer Lorillard, Inc., since 2010, chairman, since 2011.