Villiger Stokkebye International combines many generations of two families and more than 240 years of experience in the tobacconist's art into one company. The Villiger family of Switzerland and the Stokkbeye family of Denmark have long been recognized as world-wide leaders in the cigar and pipe tobacco businesses, respectively.

Villiger Sons Limited was established in 1888 by Jean Villiger in the small town of Pfeffikon, Switzerland, where Villiger remains headquartered to this day.  The company manufactures and sells more than 500 million cigars annually. Villiger cigars have been marketed in the U.S. for more than 30 years and have experienced steady popularity during that time. 

The Stokkebye family of Denmark became involved in the tobacco business in 1882.  Peter Stokkebye, an icon in the American pipe tobacco business, began to market the company’s pipe tobaccos in the U.S. in the early 1970s.  The products soon became – and remain – among the most popular pipe tobaccos in the country.  Erik Stokkebye, VSI’s president and general manager, is the fourth generation of his family to take an active role in the business.