Who Founded AB InBev?

Lemann is not a founder of the AB InBev legal entity, which was formed in 2008 when InBev acquired Anheuser-Busch. He is listed because he, Marcel Telles and Carlos Alberto Sicupira bought control of Brazilian brewer Brahma in 1989. Brahma combined with Antarctica in 1999-2000 to form Ambev, Ambev combined with Belgium's Interbrew in 2004 to form InBev, and InBev acquired Anheuser-Busch in 2008, according to AB InBev's Form 20-F. Bloomberg describes Lemann as sharing control of AB InBev with Telles and Sicupira. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).

Telles was one of the three Brazilian partners who bought control of Brahma in 1989, the brewer that became the core of Ambev and, after the 2004 Interbrew combination, of InBev. InBev's 2008 acquisition of Anheuser-Busch created AB InBev. Telles is not a founder of the AB InBev entity itself; he is listed as one of the controlling shareholders behind the chain of deals that produced it. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).

Sicupira joined Lemann and Telles in buying control of Brahma in 1989. Brahma later merged with Antarctica to form Ambev, which combined with Interbrew in 2004 to create InBev, the company that acquired Anheuser-Busch in 2008. Like his partners, Sicupira did not found the AB InBev entity; he is listed as one of the shareholders whose brewing investments led to it. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).