ITC Ltd Company Summary

The ITC Ltd initially began as the Imperial Tobacco Company of India Limited. ITC has grown to be not only a tobacco business but also a wide-ranging conglomerate of FMCG, hospitality, paper and packaging, agri trading, and IT services.

Company Overview

ITC is one of the most diversified companies in India with operations in fast-moving consumer goods, hotels, paperboards, agribusiness, and digital technology. In 1974, the firm was changed to ITC Limited in response to the changing identity. As of November 2025, it has its headquarters in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Founding & Evolution

ITC initially began as a tobacco products manufacturer and seller. Later, the company shifted its focus to consumer goods and agricultural products. Here’s a quick look at the company’s brief history and how its strategic alliances helped it capture the consumer goods market.

• History: ITC was established in 1910, with its foundations in tobacco, after which it diversified into paper, hotel (since 1975), agri-commodities and subsequently FMCG in the early 2000s.
• Year of Listing: ITC Limited became a publicly listed company in 1954.
• Leadership: The company is led by Chairman & Managing Director Sanjiv Puri.
• Strategic Acquisitions and Alliances: ITC has increased its presence in the FMCG sector by diversifying into brand-building, acquisitions within the food and personal-care division, and strategic investment in agritech and sustainability-driven initiatives.

Scale and Presence

ITC’s business is in a large range of consumer and enterprise verticals. The organisation is leading in the market in a number of categories, which include cigarettes, packaged flour, notebooks, paperboards, and hotel sustainability practices.

• Branches / Service Network: ITC operates across the country with factories, hotels, sales depots and distribution networks complemented with pan-India supply chain services.
• Employees: ITC has about 22,000 employees as of 31st March, 2025.
• International Operations: The company sells agri-products, paper, FMCG goods and IT services to other markets around the globe, with the majority of its business infrastructure being based in India.
• Customer Base: ITC has a wide mix of retail, hospitality, agribusiness, and enterprise clients in the areas of packaging and information technology.

Business Segments

ITC is among the most diversified conglomerates in India, comprising several functioning clusters at scale. With the adoption of technology, brand innovation and supply-chain domination, these divisions have grown both organically and strategically.

Key business groups include:

• FMCG: Foods & Personal Care: ITC has major packaged food brands (biscuits, snacks, chocolates, spices, noodles, dairy), as well as personal-care products in various categories.
• Cigarettes & Tobacco: It is one of the legacy businesses of ITC and has a considerable contribution with well-established brands and distribution channels of cigarettes.
• Hotels: It has luxury, business and leisure hotels under brands such as ITC Hotels, Welcomhotel, Fortune, and Mementos.
• Paperboards & Packaging: Makes environmentally friendly packaging, high-grade paperboards and specialty papers to local and international markets.
• Agribusiness: The business is engaged in the sourcing of commodities, leaf tobacco, spice, wheat, and digital farming platforms.
• IT Services (ITC Infotech): Offers technology services in the areas of digital transformation, cloud, engineering and domain-specific services.

Leadership Team

Top Mutual Funds Invested in ITC Ltd (As on 31st October 2025)