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August Anheuser "Gussie" Busch Jr. (March 28, 1899 – September 29, 1989) [1] was an American brewing magnate who built the Anheuser-Busch Companies into the largest brewery in the world by 1957; he acted as company chairman from 1946 to 1975.
August Busch may refer to: August Anheuser Busch, Sr. (1865–1934), 2nd generation brewing magnate Gussie Busch , August A. "Gussie" Busch, Jr., (1899–1989), 3rd generation brewing magnate
August Anheuser Busch III (born June 16, 1937) is a great-grandson of Anheuser-Busch founder Adolphus Busch and was the company's chairman until November 30, 2006. August Busch III is informally known as "Auggie" and as " The Third " or "Three Sticks" by subordinates and employees at Anheuser-Busch.
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]
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.
August Adolphus Busch IV (born June 15, 1964) is an American businessman and former CEO of Anheuser-Busch. He was the last of the family to control the company, which was purchased in a hostile takeover in 2008 by InBev .
The St. Louis-based brewer invested in the area following negotiations held between August Busch, II and Winthrop Rockefeller, a son of Colonial Williamsburg's initial chief mentor, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Winthrop Rockefeller had been serving as both governor of Arkansas and chairman of Colonial Williamsburg in the 1960s and
Busch, impatient that the team had not caught up with the Philadelphia Phillies, fired GM Bing Devine in August. [32] Although he had considered firing manager Johnny Keane, Busch relented; however, he secretly met with Leo Durocher to offer him the manager position for the next season. [33] [34] Word of the meeting leaked to Keane. [35]