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Fortune Brands

Maker of office, home and golf products.

Headquarters: 300 Tower Parkway
Lincolnshire, IL 60069
Employees: 36,251
CEO: Bruce Carbonari
Stock Symbol: FO

Website: http://www.fortunebrands.com

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Fortune Brands is a maker of a range of well-known consumer products. Its operating companies have premier brands and leading market positions in distilled spirits, home and hardware, and golf products.

Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc. is the company's premium spirits business. Major spirits brands include Jim Beam and Maker's Mark bourbon, Sauza tequila, Canadian Club whisky, Courvoisier cognac, Teacher's and Laphroaig Scotch, and DeKuyper cordials. Home and hardware brands include Moen faucets, Aristokraft, Omega, Diamond and Kitchen Craft cabinetry, Therma-Tru door systems, Simonton windows, Master Lock padlocks and Waterloo tool storage sold by units of Fortune Brands Home & Hardware LLC. Acushnet Company's golf brands include Titleist, Cobra and FootJoy.

Reflecting the strength of its brands, 90% of company sales come from #1 or #2 market positions. More than 20% of sales come from products introduced in just the past three years.

In 2007, total revenue for the company was $8.56 billion and net income of $762.6 million.

The Home & Hardware division accounted for $4.5 billion in sales, Spirits and Wine made up $2.6 billion and Golf generated $1.4 billion in revenue for the year.

Jobs available at Fortune Brands can be found at individual operating companies.

Updated January 25, 2008