The Brown-Forman Corp is one of the largest American-owned companies in the spirits and wine business, and is a diversified producer and marketer of various consumer products. Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, Brown-Forman employs 3,350 people. Some well-known brands of the corporation include Jack Daniel's, Canadian Mist, Southern Comfort, Early Times Kentucky Whisky, Woodford Reserve Bourbon, Old Forester Bourbon whiskey, Korbel champagne,...
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The Brown-Forman Corp is one of the largest American-owned companies in the spirits and wine business, and is a diversified producer and marketer of various consumer products. Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, Brown-Forman employs 3,350 people. Some well-known brands of the corporation include Jack Daniel's, Canadian Mist, Southern Comfort, Early Times Kentucky Whisky, Woodford Reserve Bourbon, Old Forester Bourbon whiskey, Korbel champagne, Fetzer wine, Bonterra wine, Finlandia vodka, and Bolla wine.
The company bought Tequila Herradura, a well-known Mexican company that produces tequila, in January 2007.
The company was founded in 1870 by George Garvin Brown, a young pharmaceuticals salesman in Louisville, who had the then-novel idea of selling top-grade whiskey in sealed glass bottles. Since then, it has grown into a company that in fiscal 2006 had sales of $2.4 billion. The Brown family controls more than 70% of the voting shares.
Brown Forman has two classes of common stock...
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