Our Company

Universal is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, and is the leading global leaf tobacco supplier. Tobacco sourcing and processing has been the Company's principal focus since its founding in 1918. The largest portion of the Company's business involves procuring and processing flue-cured, burley, and dark air-cured leaf tobacco for manufacturers of consumer tobacco products. Today, we are a global business-to-business agri-products supplier to consumer product manufacturers, that sources and processes leaf tobacco and plant-based ingredients. Through our plant-based ingredients platform, we provide a variety of value-added manufacturing processes to produce high-quality, specialty vegetable- and fruit-based ingredients as well as botanical extracts and flavorings for human and pet food end markets. Universal conducts business in more than 30 countries on five continents and employs over 25,000 permanent and seasonal workers. Domestically, Universal employs over 1,000 permanent and seasonal workers.

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Disclaimer
Universal Corporation and its subsidiaries ("Universal") do not schedule or conduct job interviews, or make job offers, using online chat rooms, messaging applications (e.g., WeChat, etc.), social media platforms (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, etc.), mobile phone text messages, or free email platforms (e.g., Gmail, Hotmail, etc.). Universal 1) will never ask a job candidate to send Universal money prior to, or at the time of, hiring and 2) will never ask a job candidate to provide their bank account information to Universal so that Universal can deposit money into their bank account prior to, or at the time of, starting their employment with Universal. Any of the above situations should be considered illegitimate and disregarded. Please direct any questions regarding this statement (including whether a particular job interview with, or job offer from, a person purporting to represent Universal is legitimate) to the following email address: recruitment@universalleaf.com.