Gussie Busch

This article is about the 3rd generation brewing magnate. For other uses, see August Busch.

Gussie Busch
August A. Busch, Jr.
Born
August Anheuser Busch Jr.

(1899-03-28)March 28, 1899
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
DiedSeptember 29, 1989(1989-09-29) (aged 90)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
OccupationBrewing Executive
Spouses
  • Marie Church Busch
  • Elizabeth Overton Busch
  • Gertrude Buholzer Busch
  • Margaret Rohde
Children10, including August Busch III
ParentAugust Anheuser Busch Sr.
RelativesAdolphus Busch (paternal grandfather)

August Anheuser "Gussie" Busch Jr. (March 28, 1899 – September 29, 1989)[1] was an American brewing magnate who built the Anheuser-Busch Companies into the largest brewery in the world by 1957; he acted as company chairman from 1946 to 1975.[2]

Busch became a prominent sportsman as owner of the St. Louis Cardinals franchise in Major League Baseball from 1953 until his death. The Cardinals inducted him into the team Hall of Fame in 2014.

  1. ^ August Anheuser Busch, Jr. at the Encyclopædia Britannica
  2. ^ Holian, Timothy J. "Adolphus Busch." In Immigrant Entrepreneurship: German-American Business Biographies, 1720 to the Present, vol. 3, edited by Giles R. Hoyt. German Historical Institute. Last modified August 9, 2013