BROUGHTON INTERVIEW
June 1st, 2002
BY ALAN OSBORNIN September 1901 the legendary American tycoon James Buchanan "Buck" Duke entered the office of the Player brothers' cigarette firm in Nottingham with the unforgettable words: "Hello boys, I'm Duke from New York, come to buy your business."Little more than a year later, on September 29th 1902, the British American Tobacco Company was formally created with Duke as its first chairman. Now, a century on, the present BAT chairman and chief executive Martin Broughton tells World Tobacco "I like to think old Duke would recognise some of the ...
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