Black Buffalo

Black Buffalo offers consumers everything they love about smokeless tobacco products like Skoal and Copenhagen, just without the cancer-causing chemicals.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Consumer Products
  • Location Chicago, IL, US
  • Currency USD
  • Founded July 2015
  • Employees 2
  • Incorporation Type S-corp
  • Website blackbuffalo.com

Company Summary

Black Buffalo is the first product to deliver on all aspects that matter to smokeless tobacco (ST) consumers using a non-tobacco leaf. Our product eliminates the carcinogens found in traditional ST products. We price Black Buffalo at close to parity with premium ST brands like Copenhagen. We sell our products directly to consumers at BlackBuffalo.com. Our manufacturing is entirely outsourced, using existing capabilities in North Carolina.

Team

  • Mark Hanson
    President and Co-Founder

    President and Co-Founder Mark Hanson has degrees from the University of Chicago and The Wharton School, with a background in investment banking, private equity, and equity research. Mark has been a smokeless tobacco consumer for 20 years.

  • Jeffery David
    Co-Founder

    Co-Founder Jeffery David has 10 years in revenue generation and strategic partnership roles, including several years at a startup focused on brand positioning and customer acquisition. Jeffery has been a smokeless tobacco consumer for 15 years.

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