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'''RJR Nabisco, Inc.''', was an American conglomerate formed in 1985 by the merger of [[Nabisco]] Brands and [[R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company|R.J. Reynolds Industries]]. RJR Nabisco was purchased in 1989 by [[Kohlberg_Kravis_Roberts_&_Co.|Kolberg Kravis Roberts]] in the largest [[leveraged buyout]] (LBO) in history.
In 1999 due to concerns about [[tobacco]] lawsuit liabilities, the tobacco business was spun off into a separate company, and RJR Nabisco was renamed [[Nabisco Group Holdings]].
The RJR Nabisco LBO was, at the time, widely considered to be the pre-emininent example of corporate and executive [[greed (emotion)|greed]]. Bryan Burrough and John Helyar published ''[[Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco]]'', a successful book about the events which was later turned into a [[Barbarians at the Gate (film)|television movie]] for [[HBO]].
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