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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Drink industry |
| Founded | 4 February 1862 Santiago de Cuba |
| Founder | Facundo Bacardí Massó |
| Headquarters | Hamilton, Bermuda |
Key people | Facundo L. Bacardi (chairman) Mahesh Madhavan (CEO) |
| Products | Bacardí rum, Grey Goose vodka, Patrón tequila, Dewar's blended Scotch whisky, Bombay Sapphire gin, Martini & Rossi vermouth and sparkling wines, Eristoff vodka, Cazadores blue agave tequila, Angel's Envy Bourbon and more |
| Website | bacardilimited |
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Bacardi Limited (/bəˈkɑːrdi/ bə-KAR-dee, Spanish: [bakaɾˈði], Catalan: [bəkəɾˈði]) is the largest privately held, family-owned spirits company in the world.[1] Originally known for its Bacardí brand of white rum, it now has a portfolio of more than 200 brands and labels.[2] Founded in Cuba in 1862 by the Spanish businessmen Facundo Bacardí Massó, Bacardi Limited has been family-owned for seven generations, and employs more than 8,000 people with sales in approximately 170 countries. Bacardi Limited is the group of companies as a whole and includes Bacardi International Limited.[3]
Bacardi Limited is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, and has a board of directors led by the original founder's great-great-grandson, Facundo L. Bacardí, the board's chairman.[4]
- ^ "Top 8 family-owned spirits companies". The Spirit Business. September 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ Sorkin, Andrew Ross (21 June 2004). "Bacardi to Buy Grey Goose, Stirring More Talk of I.P.O.". The New York Times.
- ^ "Bacardi Limited". BacardiLimited.com. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^ "Facundo L. Bacardi has been Chairman of the Board of Bacardi Limited since 2005 and a director since 1993. He is the great-great-grandson of Company founder Don Facundo Bacardí Massó and a fifth-generation family member". BacardiLimited.com. Bacardi Limited. Retrieved 16 June 2020.