Organization Overview: Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc.

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Anheuser-Busch, Inc. is the largest brewing company in the United States and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev. It holds a 48.8% share of beer sales by volume in the United States. The company operates 12 breweries in the United States and nearly 20 others in other countries. Anheuser-Busch is also responsible for the operation and maintenance of ten theme parks across the United States through the company's family entertainment division, Busch Entertainment Corporation. Anheuser-Busch began as a small brewery located in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1860, Eberhard Anheuser, a prosperous German-born soap manufacturer, became owner of the struggling brewery. Adolphus Busch, Anheuser’s son-in-law, became partner in 1869, and became president when Anheuser died in 1880. Adolphus...