David Vinjamuri on InBev's Bid on Anheuser Busch

[andnanso]

@AllAboutBrazil Inbev is the PARENT company to Ambev. Carlos Brito, who is Brazilian, is indeed the company's CEO. Jorge Paulo Lemann, Carlos Alberto da Veiga Sicupira and Marcel Telles, all of them Brazilians, are AB-Inbev's major shareholders, controlling up to 25% of the company, which is based in Belgium and publishes its annual reports in English and in US dollars.

[andnanso]

@AllAboutBrazil Inbev is based in Belgium, therefore is a belgian company. Most of it shareholders, though, are Brazilians. I think you got confused.

[turbots]

GO BELGIUM!

[AcabBruges]

go belgium, we are going to own the beer world

[Dutchdrummer99]

Cool. Go Belgium. But i don`t understand why Heineken doesn`t do more takeovers. These take overs are much faster then expending a brand itself. Though Heineken is doing very well.

[Poluxantis]

American and English beer is like making love in a kanoe. It's back in close to water!

[LtStarkiller]

"back in".....nobody is going to get your joke if you don't tell it right.

[booth236]

This would be a BAD deal for AB and America. Another American icon gone despite what InBev 'promises' to do for STL/AB, etc. They will strip the company bare and slash all ties that was the old AB. That may not be much, but losing another american company to forigners plus the millions that AB donates to charity, schools, etc.  They arent perfect, but they are ours.

[Flazz007]

It's a Belgian company as their headquarters is in Leuven, Belgium. In 2004 there was a merger with Brazilian Ambev to form InBev.

[AirelonTrading]

As a BUD shareholder, I have no interest with InBev.  BUD shares their profits with shareholders in the form of quarterly dividends. InBev does not. As an investor, I have no interest in companies that don't share the profits in the form of dividends.

[InfiniteZen]

"InBev does not"

Wrong...

They do it once a year, what's the problem about that?

[malucao255]

It's not "Belgium brewer" ... It's a Belgium-Brazilian brewery. And mostly controlled by brazilians (board of directors, CEOs, etc)

[svanveer]

Technically this was a take over, not a merger. Interbrew bought Ambev in 2004, the companies did not merge.

[malucao255]

why do they call it a merge then? Why are most of the board of directors brazilians? Why was the name changed from interbrew to Inbev? (closer to Ambev if you ask me...). anyways, I think that having headquarters in Belgium just sounded better for their reputation in the beer market, and also for their strong currency. Eventually all upper management will be replaced by brazilians...

[wmgrad2b]

InBev has a reputation of unmercifully cutting costs with no care for its effects on employees, brand management, and cultural integrity.

[finalfan321]

dont be worried of loosing it as an icon. inbev has a reputation of making expensive commercials on a large scale.