Richard W. Foster

Standard Diversified, Inc. is a holding company, which owns and operates subsidiaries in a variety of industries, including other tobacco products, insurance, and outdoor advertising. It operates through the following segments: Smokeless Products, Smoking Products, and NewGen Products. The Smokeless Product segment manufactures and markets moist snuff and contracts for and markets chewing tobacco products. The Smoking Products segment imports and markets cigarette papers, tubes, and related products; imports and markets finished cigars, MYO cigar tobaccos, and cigar wraps; and processes, packages, and markets pipe tobaccos. The NewGen Products segment trades e-cigarettes, e-liquids, vaporizers, and other related products; and distributes a wide assortment of vaping products to non-traditional retail outlets via VaporBeast and Vapor Shark. The company was founded by Martha C. Reider, Anne Cavanaugh and Richard C. Birkmeyer in 1990 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Fisher Scientific International, Inc. manufactured and distributed scientific equipment and instruments that included everything from Erlenmeyer flasks to video/microscope systems. The company also produced chemicals, clinical equipment, diagnostic kits, reagents and laboratory workstations. Fisher Scientific International was founded in 1902 and was headquartered in Hampton, NH.

Absorption Systems LLC provides nonclinical research and testing. The firm services include research and testing of small and large molecules, biologics, medical device, cell and gene therapy, preclinical drug discovery and development, ocular and medical device testing, bioequivalence and generic drugs. The company was founded by Patrick Dentinger and Ismael Hidalgo in 1996 and is headquartered in Exton, PA.