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Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC [5] (/ ˈ æ n h aɪ z ər ˈ b ʊ ʃ / AN-hy-zər BUUSH) is an American brewing company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. [6] Since 2008, it has been wholly owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (), now the world's largest brewing company, [7] [6] [8] [9] which owns multiple global brands, notably Budweiser, Michelob, Stella Artois, and Beck's.
Anheuser-Busch, a wholly owned subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, is the largest brewing company in the United States, with a market share of 45 percent in 2016. [1] The company operates 12 breweries in the United States and nearly 20 in other countries, which increased after Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV acquired SABMiller in 2016. [2]
Under the terms of the merger agreement, all shares of Anheuser-Busch were acquired for US$70 per share in cash, for an aggregate of US$52 billion. [22] Anheuser-Busch was established in 1852 in St. Louis, Missouri, US as Anheuser & Co. It is the largest brewing company in the United States and employs over 30,000 people.
InBev (/ ˈ ɪ n b ɛ v /) was a brewing company that resulted from the merger between Belgium-based company Interbrew and Brazilian brewer AmBev which took place in 2004. It existed independently until the acquisition of Anheuser-Busch in 2008, which formed Anheuser-Busch InBev (abbreviated AB InBev).
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (abbreviated as AB InBev) is the largest beer company in the world. [citation needed] It had 200 brands prior to the merger with SABMiller on October 10, 2016. [1] The combined ABInBev/SAB Miller entity has approximately 400 beer brands as of January 2017. [2] [3]
Eberhard Anheuser (27 September 1806–May 1880) was a German-American soap and candle maker, and the father-in-law of Adolphus Busch, the founder of the Anheuser-Busch Company. Anheuser grew up in Kreuznach, where his parents operated a vineyard that had been in the family since 1627. [1] Two of his brothers and he moved to North America in 1842.
August Anheuser Busch was born on December 29, 1865, in St. Louis, Missouri. His father, Adolphus Busch, was the German-born founder of Anheuser-Busch. His mother, Lilly Eberhard Anheuser, was the third daughter of brewer Eberhard Anheuser, who owned the Anheuser Brewery. [2] He had eight brothers and five sisters. [2]
Adolphus Busch (10 July 1839 – 10 October 1913 [citation needed]) was the German-born co-founder of Anheuser-Busch with his father-in-law, Eberhard Anheuser. He introduced numerous innovations, building the success of the company in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.