tequila

FB Roundup: Beckmann, Commisso and Premji

June 12, 2019

Mexican tequila tycoon transfers wealth to daughter, US cable billionaire buy Italy’s Fiorentina Football Club and Indian tech chairman Azim Premji passes baton to son.

Mexican tequila president transfers wealth to daughter

The family behind the world’s bestselling tequila has undergone a wealth transfer as part of the family’s succession plan.

In a statement sent to the Mexican Stock Exchange, Becle SAB, the holding company that owns tequila brand Jose Cuervo, said president Juan Francisco Beckmann had completed the transfer of more than half his stake to his daughter, 12th generation family member Karen Virginia Beckmann.

It’s more tequila on the way for the Trinchero family business

August 23, 2012

The Trinchero family is probably raising a big pitcher of margarita to toast their latest acquisition this week. The popularity of the cocktail – made using tequila, orange-flavoured liqueur, lime and salt – in the US has led to Trinchero Family Estates adding a top tequila brand to its portfolio.

TFE has bought Tres Agaves, a company founded in 2008 to help people “simply make the most delicious margaritas on the planet”, according to the group’s website.