Michel Doukeris | |
---|---|
Born | 1973 (age 50–51) Lages, Brazil |
Education | Federal University of Santa Catarina Fundação Getulio Vargas |
Title | CEO, AB InBev |
Term | July 2021–present |
Predecessor | Carlos Brito |
Michel Doukeris (born 1973) is a Brazilian businessman who is the CEO of AB InBev, the world's largest beer company.
Doukeris was born in Lages, Brazil, [1] in 1973. [2] He earned a degree in chemical engineering from Federal University of Santa Catarina, and a master's degree from Fundação Getulio Vargas. [1] He has attended postgraduate programmes at the Wharton School and Kellogg School of Management in the US. [1]
Doukeris joined AB InBev in 1996 and worked in Latin America before he led its China and Asia Pacific operations for seven years. [2] In 2016 became global chief sales officer, based in the US. [2] In January 2018, he became the leader of Anheuser-Busch and AB InBev's North American business. [2] In July 2021, Doukeris succeeded Carlos Brito, who had been CEO of AB InBev for 15 years. [3]
Budweiser is an American-style pale lager, a brand of Belgian company AB InBev. Introduced in 1876 by Carl Conrad & Co. of St. Louis, Missouri, Budweiser has become a large selling beer company in the United States. Budweiser is a filtered beer, available on draft and in bottles and cans, made with up to 30% rice in addition to hops and barley malt.
Labatt Brewing Company Limited is a Anheuser-Busch InBev-owned brewery headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1847, Labatt is the largest brewer in Canada.
Interbrew is subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV is based in Breda, Netherlands. It has one subsidiary, Ambev S.A. of São Paulo, Brazil.
Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC, is an American brewing company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Since 2008, it has been wholly owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, now the world's largest brewing company, which owns multiple global brands, notably Budweiser, Michelob, Stella Artois, and Beck's.
South African Breweries is a major brewery headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa and was a wholly owned subsidiary of SABMiller until its interests were sold to Anheuser-Busch InBev on 10 October 2016. South African Breweries is now a direct subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV.
SABMiller plc was a South African multinational brewing and beverage company headquartered in Woking, England on the outskirts of London until 10 October 2016 when it was acquired by AB InBev. Prior to that date, it was the world's second-largest brewer measured by revenues and was also a major bottler of Coca-Cola. Its brands included Foster's, Miller, and Pilsner Urquell. It operated in 80 countries worldwide and in 2009 sold around 21 billion litres of beverages. Since 10 October 2016, SABMiller is a business division of AB InBev, a Belgian multinational corporation with headquarters in Leuven.
Foster's Group Pty. Ltd. was an Australian beer group with interests in brewing and soft drinks, known for Foster's Lager, now called Carlton & United Breweries since the company was renamed in 2011. Foster's was founded in 1888 in Melbourne, Victoria by two American brothers, who sold the brewery a year later.
Ambev, formally Companhia de Bebidas das Américas, is a Brazilian brewing company now merged into Anheuser-Busch InBev. Its name translates to "Beverage Company of the Americas", hence the "Ambev" abbreviation. It was created on July 1, 1999, with the merger of two breweries, Brahma and Antarctica. The merger was approved by the board of directors of the Brazilian Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) on March 30, 2000. The organization's headquarters are in São Paulo, Brazil. It is one of the largest companies by market capitalization in Brazil and in the Southern hemisphere.
The Federal University of Santa Catarina is a public university in Florianópolis, the capital city of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil.
Jorge Paulo Lemann is a Brazilian billionaire investment banker and businessman with dual Brazilian and Swiss citizenship.
August Adolphus Busch IV 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. Busch IV was known for his marketing leadership, where his history as head of the Anheuser-Busch marketing department garnered ten straight USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter awards, as well as awards at Cannes and the Grand Clio. He also served as a director of shipping giant FedEx. Busch has been involved in a number of legal incidents during his lifetime.
SABMiller was one of the top five global brewing companies, and had a range of over 150 beers, including international beers such as Pilsner Urquell, and Miller Genuine Draft, and local ones such as Gambrinus and Castle Milk Stout.
Carlos Alves de Brito is a Brazilian businessman who was CEO of Anheuser-Busch InBev from 2008 to 2021. Currently he is CEO of Belron.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, commonly known as AB InBev, is a Belgian multinational drink and brewing company based in Leuven, Belgium and is the largest brewer in the world. Additionally, AB InBev has a global functional management office in New York City, and regional headquarters in São Paulo, London, St. Louis, Mexico City, Bremen, Johannesburg, and others. It has approximately 630 beer brands in 150 countries.
InBev 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. InBev had operations in over 30 countries and sales in over 130 countries. In 2006, it had a market capitalization of €30.6 billion and net profit of €3.2 billion on sales of €13.3 billion.
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.
Marcel Herrmann Telles is a Brazilian investor and businessman. Telles is a board member of AB InBev.
Alan Jon Clark is a South African businessman. On 22 April 2013, he became the chief executive officer (CEO) of SABMiller, a FTSE 100 multinational brewing and beverage company, and the world's second largest brewer.
Tilray Brands, Inc. is an American pharmaceutical, cannabis-lifestyle and consumer packaged goods company, incorporated in the United States, headquartered in New York City. Tilray also has operations in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Latin America, with growing facilities in Germany and Portugal.
A boycott on Anheuser-Busch products, specifically its Bud Light products, the top beer brand in the United States, began in April 2023. The boycott began due to a sponsorship the company conducted with actress and TikTok personality Dylan Mulvaney on April 1, which was part of a larger campaign to address Bud Light's decline in sales and attract younger audiences. Mulvaney, a transgender woman, promoted the company's Bud Light beer brand during March Madness.