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  2. Barbarians at the Gate - Wikipedia

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    HD2796.R57 B87 1990. Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco is a 1989 book about the leveraged buyout (LBO) of RJR Nabisco, written by investigative journalists Bryan Burrough and John Helyar. The book is based upon a series of articles written by the authors for The Wall Street Journal. [1] The book was made into a 1993 made-for-TV ...

  3. RJR Nabisco - Wikipedia

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    Formation. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company was founded in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 1875 and changed its name to R. J. Reynolds Industries, Inc. in 1970. It became RJR Nabisco on April 25, 1986, after the company's $4.9 billion purchase, and earlier 1.9 billion stock swap, of Nabisco Brands Inc. in 1985. [5] [6]

  4. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company - Wikipedia

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    The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company ( RJR) is an American tobacco manufacturing company based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and headquartered at the RJR Plaza Building. Founded by R. J. Reynolds in 1875, [1] it is the second-largest tobacco company in the United States (behind Altria ). The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Reynolds ...

  5. Nabisco - Wikipedia

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    Mondelēz International. (2012–present) Website. snackworks.com [a] Nabisco ( / nəˈbɪskoʊ /, abbreviated from the earlier name National Biscuit Company) is an American manufacturer of cookies and snacks headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey. The company is a subsidiary of Illinois -based Mondelēz International.

  6. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts - Wikipedia

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    KKR & Co. Inc., also known as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., is an American global investment company that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate, credit, and, through its strategic partners, hedge funds. As of December 31, 2023, the firm had completed more than 730 private ...

  7. James D. Robinson III - Wikipedia

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    James Dixon Robinson III was born to a wealthy family in Atlanta on November 19, 1935. [2] He was educated at the Woodberry Forest School and attended Georgia Tech 's School of Industrial Management where civil rights icon Blake Van Leer was president. He graduated from Georgia Tech in 1957 [3] [4] where he was a member of the Chi Phi fraternity.

  8. Barbarians at the Gate (film) - Wikipedia

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    Network. HBO. Release. March 20, 1993. ( 1993-03-20) Barbarians at the Gate is a 1993 American biographical comedy-drama television film directed by Glenn Jordan and written by Larry Gelbart, based on the 1989 book of the same name by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar. The film stars James Garner, Jonathan Pryce, and Peter Riegert.

  9. Henry Kravis - Wikipedia

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    His buyout of RJR Nabisco was portrayed in the 1989 book and 1993 film Barbarians at the Gate. Early life [ edit ] Kravis was born into a Jewish [4] family in Tulsa, Oklahoma , the son of Bessie (née Roberts) and Raymond F. Kravis, [5] a successful Tulsa oil engineer who had been a business partner of Joseph P. Kennedy .