"Overall, we achieved solid results in 2005, with strong income growth in our tobacco businesses partially offset by weaker results in food. "

This Wealthy Wiener Pushes Poison!

Louis C. Camilleri is the Chairman and CEO of Altria Group, the parent company of Philip Morris and Kraft Foods. He is also the chairman of Kraft Foods. Among many other products, Kraft makes Oscar Meyer weiners, and Philip Morris makes the deadly, addictive poison called Marlboro cigarettes.

Camilleri was born in 1955 in Alexandria, Egypt. He received a degree in economics and business administration from HEC Lausanne, the prestigious business school of the University of Lausanne (Switzerland).

After working as a business analyst with W. R. Grace & Co., in Lausanne, Switzerland, Camilleri joined Philip Morris Europe in 1978 as a business development analyst. He held various positions of increasing authority involving the cigarette business in Europe and the Middle East.

In 1990, Camilleri was appointed Vice President, Central & Eastern Europe for Philip Morris International, and in 1993 he became Senior Vice President for the European Union business. In December 1995, he was appointed president and chief executive officer of Kraft Foods International. He was named senior vice president and chief financial officer of Philip Morris in November 1996.

Camilleri became CEO of Philip Morris, now Altria Group, in April 2002. Altria Group, Inc. is the parent company of Kraft Foods and the Philip Morris cigarette businesses (Philip Morris USA, Philip Morris International). Altria Group owns about 88% of the stock of Kraft Foods.

Philip Morris USA is the largest tobacco company in the United States, with approximately half of the U.S. cigarette market. Philip Morris International is a leading international tobacco company with seven of the top 20 global cigarette brands. Kraft Foods is the largest food and beverage company headquartered in North America and the second-largest in the world.

Camilleri is divorced and has three children. He speaks fluent English, French and Italian, and some German. His total compensation in 2005 was $6.7 million.

Along with contributing to the misery and untimely deaths of untold thousands, Camilleri is said to be a nicotine addict himself. He started smoking at age 17, has never tried to quit and smokes two packs a day of Marlboro Ultra Lights.