Private company

BAT Brasil

Logo: BAT Brasil, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons³

Tobacco company

Souza Cruz S.A., doing business as BAT Brasil, is a Brazilian tobacco manufacturing company based in Rio de Janeiro. Souza Cruz is a subsidiary of British American Tobacco. The company was founded in 1903 by the Portuguese immigrant Albino Souza Cruz, who in 1914 converted the company into a corporation and transferred the controlling interest to British American Tobacco.² Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Apr 25, 1903Founded¹

Industrytobacco industry¹
HeadquartersRio de Janeiro¹
Websitewww.souzacruz.com.br
Listed onSão Paulo Stock Exchange¹

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Corporate structure

BAT Brasil is part of a group headed by British American Tobacco. 145 entities, 47 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

British American Tobacco London, United Kingdom
- BAT Brasil Rio de Janeiro
- British American Tobacco (Germany) Hamburg, Germany
- British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company Limited Mohakhali, Bangladesh
- British American Tobacco Finland Oy Helsinki, Finland
- BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO HOLDINGS (MALAYSIA) B.V. Amstelveen, Netherlands
  - British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Berhad Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    - COMMERCIAL MARKETERS AND DISTRIBUTORS SDN. BHD. Subsidiary · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Ceylon Tobacco Company Colombo 15, Sri Lanka
- House of Prince Kobenhavn V, Denmark
- R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Winston-salem, North Carolina, United States
- Reynolds American Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
  - American Snuff Company Subsidiary · Memphis
  - Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company Subsidiary
  - RAI Services Company Subsidiary · Winston-salem, North Carolina, United States
- Tiedemanns Tobaksfabrik Oslo, Norway
- Bentoel Group Subsidiary · Malang
- British American Tobacco (Japan) Subsidiary · Tokyo, Japan
- Imasco Subsidiary · Montreal
- Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada Ltd. Subsidiary · Montreal
- Rothmans International Subsidiary · London
  - Martin Brinkmann AG Subsidiary · Bremen, Germany
    - Cigarettenfabrik Muratti Subsidiary · Germany
  - Rothmans Racing Ltd. Subsidiary · United Kingdom
- Tekel Subsidiary · Istanbul
- Ten Motives Subsidiary
- Tobacco factory in Saratov Subsidiary · Saratov, Russia
- Turkish-Macedonian Tobacco Company Subsidiary · Amstelveen, Netherlands
- BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO DEL PERU HOLDINGS S.A. Subsidiary · 98.55% · Santiago De Surco, Peru
- 10 MOTIVES LIMITED Subsidiary · Sandbach, United Kingdom
- AMERICAN-CIGARETTE COMPANY (OVERSEAS) LIMITED Subsidiary · Boncourt, Switzerland
- B.A.T (U.K. AND EXPORT) LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
- B.A.T CAPITAL CORPORATION Subsidiary · Wilmington, Delaware, United States
- B.A.T INDUSTRIES P.L.C. Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
- and 104 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by Albino Souza Cruz on Apr 25, 1903.¹

Leadership

Who has led BAT Brasil, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

FounderAlbino Souza Cruz¹

Products and brands

cigarette

Listed on Wikidata.¹

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

British American Tobacco

Owners

British American Tobacco

From Wikidata.¹

Timeline

Apr 25, 1903Founded Founded¹

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

1
WikidataBAT Brasil on Wikidata
2
WikipediaBAT Brasil on Wikipedia
3
Wikimedia CommonsBAT Brasil logo by BAT Brasil, Public domain