Who owns Heineken?
Heineken Lager Beer or simply Heineken is a pale lager beer with 5% alcohol by volume produced by the Dutch brewing company Heineken N.V. Heineken beer is sold in a green bottle with a red star. Heineken was the major sponsor of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Euro, and Rugby…
Heineken Lager Beer or simply Heineken is a pale lager beer with 5% alcohol by volume produced by the Dutch brewing company Heineken N.V. Heineken beer is sold in a green bottle with a red star.
Heineken was the major sponsor of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Euro, and Rugby World Cup; major sponsorship of Rugby Union had begun in Wales with the Welsh Premier Division competition. With the part acquisition of Scottish and Newcastle in 2007/2008 Heineken is now the third largest brewer based on revenues, behind the Belgian-Brazillian AB InBev and the British SABMiller.
Who owns Heineken?
The Heineken company was founded in 1864 when 22-year-old Gerard Adriaan Heineken bought a brewery known as De Hooiberg (the haystack) in Amsterdam. In 1869 Heineken switched to the use of bottom-fermenting yeast.
As of now, The shareholding in Heineken Holding N.V.: L’Arche Green N.V. has a 52.599% shareholding. L’Arche Green N.V. is owned 88.86% by the Heineken Family and 11.14% by the Hoyer family. FEMSA, through its affiliates CB Equity and CSCAP, S.A. de C.V., holds a 12.262% shareholding in Heineken Holding N.V.
