R. J. Reynolds, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

R. J. Reynolds

American businessman

Date of Birth: 20-Jul-1850

Place of Birth: Patrick County, Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 29-Jul-1918

Profession: politician, entrepreneur

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Richard Joshua "R.
J." Reynolds (July 20, 1850 – July 29, 1918) was an American businessman and founder of the R.
J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company. The son of a tobacco farmer, he worked for his father and attended Emory & Henry College from 1868 to 1870, eventually graduating from Bryant & Stratton Business College in Baltimore.
He sold his share of the family business in 1874 and moved south to Winston, (now Winston-Salem, North Carolina) to start his own tobacco company.
Reynolds was a savvy businessman and a hard worker, and he quickly became one of the wealthiest citizens of Winston-Salem; eventually, he was the wealthiest person in the state of North Carolina.
He died in 1918 of pancreatic cancer.