With all his own money and a family recipe called Louis Koch Lager that he found in his attic, Jim Koch founded the Boston Beer Company in 1984. He names his beer after Samuel Adams, one of the Sons of Liberty and one of the Founding Fathers of America.
Story of Efes Beverage Group: The first days of 1969, a famous hotel in Istanbul. Around the table are Anadolu Holding's founders İzzet Özilhan and Kamil Yazıcı, Özgörkey Group's founder Nevzat Özgörkey, and senior executives of the companies.
Spanish Antonio Fernandez Rodriguez, owner of the world-famous Corona beer brand, left his fortune to 80 people in his village just before he died. With the death of Rodriguez, 80 villagers gained a fortune of 210 million dollars.
Founded in 1855 by Frederick Miller in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Miller Brewing Company today operates within the food group of Philip Morris. Miller, which also produces the world's best low-calorie beer, sells millions of liters of draft beer annually.
It was 1864 when Gerard Adriaan Heineken, a young entrepreneur, founded Heineken by purchasing an old brewery with the money he borrowed from his mother.
In 1847, Jacob Jacobsen, living in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, founded a small brewery. The factory established was named Carlsberg Factories and thus the story of Carlsberg beer, which would turn into a world brand, began.
The suddenly rising French entrepreneur made a huge fortune thanks to bankrupt companies that he closed down cheaply, made them productive, and sold them at a high profit.
The name Axel Springer may not mean anything to you, they are the group that holds a quarter of the German newspaper market with Bild and Die Welt as of 2024. Axel Springer was the owner of a large newspaper he founded in Germany. The Nazis closed this newspaper for the duration of the war.
Global dominance in diamond mining and trade is largely in the hands of the De Beers company. The history of De Beers, whose only rival is the Russian Alrosa, dates back to the 1860s. The unconditional boss of the world jewelry industry is De Beers company.
The Swiss businessman of Austrian origin rose to millionaire with the Wienerwald (Vienna Forest) restaurant chain he founded in the 50s. He was eager to grow in the 70s. But the growth spurt failed. That's why he had to sell off his rotisserie chicken empire in the 80s.
