1989 Jorge Paulo Lemann and two partners bought a middling Brazilian beer company named Brahma for $50m. Last Modified: 19-Sep-2015 11:29 PM Posted by Yatin Dhareshwar in Business & Industry Tags Breweries Source The Economist
1999 Brahma acquired Antarctica, a rival, to become AmBev. Last Modified: 19-Sep-2015 11:29 PM Posted by Yatin Dhareshwar in Business & Industry Tags Breweries Source The Economist
2004 Merger of AmBev with Interbrew, the Belgian seller of Stella Artois and Beck’s, created InBev. Last Modified: 19-Sep-2015 11:29 PM Posted by Yatin Dhareshwar in Business & Industry Tags Breweries Source The Economist
2008 InBev paid $52 billion for Anheuser-Busch of the United States. Last Modified: 19-Sep-2015 11:29 PM Posted by Yatin Dhareshwar in Business & Industry Tags Breweries Source The Economist
2012 the new Anheuser-Busch InBev paid $20 billion for full control of Grupo Modelo of Mexico. Last Modified: 19-Sep-2015 11:29 PM Posted by Yatin Dhareshwar in Business & Industry Tags Breweries Source The Economist