Vector Group

Vector Group Ltd. is an American diversified holding company with two major businesses: Liggett Group (tobacco) and New Valley (real estate).

Bennett S. LeBow founded Vector Group in 1986. Since then, he has served as Chairman. Howard Lorber has served as the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer since 1994.

Vector Group was previously called Brooke Group.

Subsidiaries
Founded in 1873, Liggett Group is the fourth-largest cigarette manufacturer in the U.S. Liggett operates in the discount cigarette market. As of March 31, 2019, Liggett's family of brands represented a 14% share of the discount market. Its core brands include: Pyramid, Grand Prix, Liggett Select, Eve, Eagle 20's, and Montego. Vector Tobacco is engaged in the manufacture of conventional cigarettes, based in North Carolina.

New Valley LLC (formerly known as Western Union) is a diversified real estate company that acquires or invests in real estate properties or projects. It has invested in more than 30 real estate projects as of March 31, 2019.

New Valley previously owned 100 percent of Douglas Elliman, the largest residential real estate brokerage firm in the New York metropolitan area and fourth-largest residential brokerage firm in the U.S. In December 2021, Vector Group completed the spin-off of Douglas Elliman into a standalone, publicly traded company.

Office locations
Vector Group and New Valley's headquarters are in Miami, Florida and they have an additional office in New York, New York.