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The original Patrón Tequila was produced by Casa 7 Leguas, one of the oldest Mexican distilleries. [2] St. Maarten Spirits (owners John Paul DeJoria and Martin Crowley) purchased the brand rights in 1989 and in 2002 production moved to a new distillery. [3] In 2000, Ed Brown, co-founder of Patrón and former Seagram executive, took over as CEO.
The Patrón Tequila Express private railroad car is owned by DeJoria. DeJoria owns the Patrón Tequila Express, a historic private railroad car. [31] [32] [33] It was built in 1927, and was previously used by the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad as Car No. 50. [31] DeJoria bought the train car in 1996 and spent $2 million to renovate it.
The business grew from there, and Patron was sold to Bacardi in 2018 for $5.1 billion. When Patron was sold to Bacardi in 2018 for $5.1 billion, the company was approaching sales of 4 million ...
Facundo L. Bacardi (chairman) Mahesh Madhavan (CEO): Products: Bacardí rum, Grey Goose vodka, Patrón tequila, Dewar's blended Scotch whisky, Bombay Sapphire gin, Martini & Rossi vermouth and sparkling wines, Eristoff vodka, Cazadores blue agave tequila, Angel's Envy Bourbon and more
RELATED: $500 pizza made with Patron Tequila. While the global market for alcoholic drinks shrunk by 1.3 percent in 2016, the tequila market grew 5.2 percent, according to alcoholic beverage ...
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Blue agave fields near Tequila. Tequila (/ t ə ˈ k iː l ə /; Spanish: ⓘ) is a distilled beverage made from the blue agave plant, primarily in the area surrounding the city of Tequila 65 km (40 mi) northwest of Guadalajara, and in the Jaliscan Highlands (Los Altos de Jalisco) of the central western Mexican state of Jalisco.
Don Julio Gonzalez-Frausto Estrada was born on 7 January 1925 in Atotonilco, Jalisco, where today's main facility is located. Don Julio learned the meaning of responsibility at an early age by working at his uncle José's tequila distillery.