Who owns Wasp?
Wasp 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 › Cigarettes
- Parent ticker
- EGX: EAST
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Wasp
Wasp is a cigarette brand that Eastern Company names in its company profile among the cigarette brands it owns and currently produces at its Egyptian factories. The profile gives no launch date or pack details for the brand, so none is recorded here.
Ownership timeline of Wasp
- Current owner Eastern Company [1] reported
Where Wasp 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 cigarettes, and who owns them
The 81 brands in cigarettes on Brandtree belong to 13 owners. The largest is Imperial Brands, with 11; Eastern Company has 7.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| GG Mild | Gudang Garam | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Crowns | Imperial Brands | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Camel (United States) | British American Tobacco | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| American Legend | Karelia | 🇬🇷 Greece |
| Djarum 76 | Djarum | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Capstan | ITC | 🇮🇳 India |
| Camel | Japan Tobacco | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| L&M (United States) | Altria | 🇺🇸 United States |
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 →
🇪🇬 Wasp 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; Wasp is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Wasp?
The parent company of Wasp is Eastern Company, a publicly listed company headquartered in Egypt.
Is Wasp Egyptian?
Yes. Wasp originated in Egypt and its owner, Eastern Company, is also headquartered in Egypt.
Is Wasp still owned by Eastern Company?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Wasp 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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