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Diageo plc (/ d i ˈ æ dʒ i oʊ / dee-AJ-ee-oh) is a British multinational alcoholic beverage company, with its headquarters in London, England. It operates from 132 sites around the world. It is a major distributor of Scotch whisky and other spirits.
Diageo brands. Diageo is an international corporation that was formed in a merger between the firms of Guinness and Grand Metropolitan. The company owns the following brands:
Debra Ann Crew (born December 20, 1970) is the president and CEO of Diageo. She is also a board member of Mondelez International, and the former president and chief executive officer of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. She previously held senior management positions at PepsiCo, Mars, Incorporated, and Dreyer's.
Spirits maker Diageo has cut ties with Sean “Diddy” Combs, ending a lucrative 15-year partnership that recently culminated in a racial discrimination lawsuit.
In 2020, Diageo introduced sugar-free Smirnoff Ice, with 4.5% ABV. Smirnoff was mistakenly targeted for boycotts during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Smirnoff is owned by the British company Diageo and is manufactured in Illinois.
Sir Ivan Manuel Menezes (10 July 1959 – 6 June 2023) was an Indian-born British-American business executive. He was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Diageo, a FTSE 100 British multinational alcoholic beverages company, from 2013 until his death in 2023, succeeding Paul S. Walsh. [1]
In 1968, after a long campaign by The Sunday Times, a compensation settlement for the UK victims was reached with Distillers Company (now part of Diageo), which had distributed the drug in the UK. Distillers Biochemicals paid out approximately £28m in compensation following a legal battle.
Ferrán has been the chairman of Diageo since January 2017, when Franz Humer retired. [4] [5] His Diageo tenure was renewed in 2023 for three further years and is set to expire in October 2025. [6] Ferrán also chairs British Airways' parent company, International Consolidated Airlines Group.
Inaugurated. 1973. Client. The Distillers Company. Owner. Diageo. The Diageo Global Supply Centre is a main spirits manufacturing and bottling facility in Scotland, owned by Diageo; as well as much whisky, it bottles Smirnoff vodka .
It also owned the Bernheim distillery (now owned by Heaven Hill) and the Stitzel-Weller distillery, both in Louisville, Kentucky in the United States. [2] In 1997 Guinness merged with Grand Metropolitan to create Diageo, and in 1998 United Distillers was merged with International Distillers & Vintners to create United Distillers & Vintners ...