Travis Tritt, a popular country music artist, has declared that he will no longer use Anheuser-Busch products, such as Bud Light beer, due to the company's latest advertising campaign which features trans activist Dylan Mulvaney. Travis refers to the American company's sell-off which happened in 2008. The sale was to what became AB InBev for 52 Billion. The current CEO of AB InBev is Michel Doukeris and they are headquarted in Belgium.
It seems many in the country world are doing the same and Travis has gone further to respond to someone on Twitter and show us which beer brands are associated with the giant Anheuser-Busch, *which is actually owned by AB InBev*, in case that wasn't clear enough before! Below is a handy chart from the exchange:
As of 2015, AB InBev was under the control of Belgian families Vandamme, de Mévius, and de Spoelberch, who jointly held a 28.6% stake in the company. Brazilian investors Jorge Paulo Lemann, Carlos Alberto Sicupira, and Marcel Telles, who owned 22.7% through their private investment firm 3G Capital, were also among the company's major stakeholders.
Who do you think will be the next artist to disavow or defend AB InBev (Anheuser-Busch, Budweiser, Bud Light) for their recent partnerships with trans activist Dylan Mulvaney?
