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AB InBev growth and mergers is astounding. The number of companies that form the [original base] of the company is insane. To be fair to AB InBev, they had to
by skinnymuch 9y ago
AB InBev growth and mergers is astounding. The number of companies that form the [original base] of the company is insane.
To be fair to AB InBev, they had to give up substantial portiona of SABMiller to get the merger through which as you said was a $100B+ [cash] deal. Combined company revenue is supposed to rise by around $11B this year. While SABMiller did $19B in revenue alone before the merger. SABMiller sold off at least $25B of the company before or during the merger. Not always for the best price either as all sides knew the sales had to happen.
- charlesdm 9y agoHonestly, I think Inbev is one of the most interesting cases when it comes to wealth building. Interbrew was a merger of small(er) Belgian breweries, run mainly by old money aristocratic families. And they basically levered and merged their way up, into a global player worth hundreds of billions in market cap.
- skinnymuch 9y agoDefinitely. It's like a handful of Belgian families and the Brazilians at 3G owning a majority of the company still after all this time. Amazing.