This Bud's For Sale (Book Review)

Wall Street Journal ^ | November 4, 2010 | Patrick Cooke

[C19fan]

If ever an American company represented the land of milk and honey for corporate executives it was Anheuser-Busch, though perhaps the land of hops, rice and barley would be more apt. For decades a palace of well-paid vice presidents in cushy offices presided over the manufacture of Budweiser, America's beer, in that most American of cities, St. Louis. They also oversaw the Busch Gardens theme parks in Virginia and in Florida, where Shamu the killer whale was on the payroll, along with a stable of 250 Clydesdale horses. It was a first-class operation all the way. There were $1,000 dinners, hunting lodges, sky suites at Busch Stadium and a fleet of Dassault Falcon corporate jets with a staff of 20 waiting pilots. Every kitchenette refrigerator at corporate headquarters was well stocked with Bud, Bud Lite and Michelob.

[T-Bird45]

Shamu is a Sea World performer/trademark act. I guess fact-checking is a lost art.

[C19fan]

Good point although the Sea World parks were also owned by Budweiser. I made sure I would always get a few free beers at Sea World in San Diego, hee hee.

[Waverunner]

Busch Entertainment owned SeaWorld for a while

[hampdenkid]

That was a fascinating read. Thanks for posting it.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I worked for a guy like Busch early in my career. He was beyond “pissed off and suspicious.”