Philip Morris & Co., Ltd. is incorporated. (later renamed Philip Morris Inc.)  

Philip Morris Overseas is renamed Philip Morris International.  

Philip Morris Domestic is renamed Philip Morris U.S.A.

Philip Morris Credit Corp. is incorporated. (later renamed Philip Morris Capital Corporation)

Philip Morris Cos. is incorporated and becomes the publicly held holding company and parent of Philip Morris Inc.
– Philip Morris Cos. acquires General Foods Corp.

Philip Morris Cos. acquires Kraft. 

Kraft and General Foods combine to form Kraft General Foods.

Kraft General Foods acquires Jacobs Suchard AG.

Philip Morris Cos. acquires Nabisco, which becomes part of Kraft Foods.

Kraft Foods, Inc. completes $8.4 billion initial public offering of its common stock; Philip Morris Cos. announces proposal to change its name to Altria Group, Inc.

Shareholders approve name change to Altria Group, Inc.
– Miller Brewing Company is merged into South African Breweries plc.

Name change to Altria Group, Inc. takes effect.

On March 30, Altria Group, Inc. distributed approximately 88.9% of Kraft's outstanding shares owned by Altria to Altria's shareholders of record as of 5:00 p.m Eastern Time on March 16, 2007 (the Record Date).

On December 11, Altria Group, Inc. completed the acquisition of John Middleton, Inc., a leading manufacturer of machine-made large cigars, from privately held Bradford Holdings, Inc.

On March 28, Altria Group, Inc. completed the spin off of 100% of the shares of Philip Morris International to Altria’s shareholders.

On January 6, Altria Group, Inc. completed the acquisition of UST Inc.