Who owns Jose Bartolo?
Jose Bartolo is owned by Eastern Company (Egypt, EGX: EAST).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Eastern Company S.A.E. — Company profile. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Eastern Company S.A.E. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇪🇬 Egypt
- Origin
- 🇪🇬 Egypt
- Category
- Tobacco & nicotine › Tobacco products › Cigars & cigarillos
- Parent ticker
- EGX: EAST
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Jose Bartolo
Jose Bartolo is the hand-made cigar brand of Eastern Company. Its company profile lists the Corona, Midianitos, Cigarillos and Churchill formats under the name, available plain or flavoured, and says its cigars are 100% hand made. The same profile names a separate Verona cigarillo line.
Ownership timeline of Jose Bartolo
- Current owner Eastern Company [1] reported
Where Jose Bartolo sits in Eastern Company
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Eastern Company ownership tree →
See the full Eastern Company brand portfolio (11) →
Other brands owned by Eastern Company
Eastern Company controls 11 brands on Brandtree, 11 of them in tobacco & nicotine.
Also in tobacco & nicotine
Other brands in cigars & cigarillos, and who owns them
The 30 brands in cigars & cigarillos on Brandtree belong to 12 owners. The largest is Villiger, with 7.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Constellation | Villiger | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Cohiba | Habanos | 🇨🇺 Cuba |
| Cohiba (United States) | Scandinavian Tobacco Group | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| H. Upmann (United States) | Tabacalera USA | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Djarum Cigarillos | Djarum | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Backwoods | Imperial Brands | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Black & Mild | Altria | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Armenteros Handrolled Cigars | ITC | 🇮🇳 India |
About the owner: Eastern Company
Eastern Company is a publicly listed company headquartered in Egypt, founded in 1920. Brandtree records 11 brands under its control, and it is listed as EGX: EAST.
Egyptian joint stock company established in 1920 that manufactures cigarettes, molasses (shisha) tobacco, hand-made cigars and pipe and roll-your-own tobacco in Egypt. Its own company profile describes it as a subsidiary of the Chemical Industries Holding Company, and an earlier investor presentation put government ownership at 50.5% with the remainder employees and free float. It also manufactures international cigarette brands under licence from their owners (the profile names Marlboro, LM, Rothmans, Kent, Merit and Winston) and joint-production brands such as Viceroy; those are the owners' brands and are not listed here. Cleopatra is its flagship.
Eastern Company: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇪🇬 Jose Bartolo and other Egyptian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 45 brands that began in Egypt. 8 of them (18%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Jose Bartolo is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Jose Bartolo?
The parent company of Jose Bartolo is Eastern Company, a publicly listed company headquartered in Egypt.
Is Jose Bartolo Egyptian?
Yes. Jose Bartolo originated in Egypt and its owner, Eastern Company, is also headquartered in Egypt.
Is Jose Bartolo still owned by Eastern Company?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Jose Bartolo is still owned by Eastern Company. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Eastern Company S.A.E. — Company profile — Eastern Company S.A.E., Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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