Grand Metropolitan

Grand Metropolitan plc
IndustryHotels
Holiday centres
Entertainment centres
Public houses
Casinos
Founded1934
Defunct1997
FateMerged with Guinness
SuccessorDiageo
HeadquartersLondon, England
Key people
Sir Stanley Grinstead (chairman)
Allen Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Didgemere (CEO)
Number of employees
115,000

Grand Metropolitan plc was a leisure, manufacturing and property conglomerate headquartered in England. The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index until it merged with Guinness plc to form Diageo in 1997.