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Adolphus Busch III
Born	1891 St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Died	August 29, 1946(1946-08-29) St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Occupation	Brewing Executive
Parents	August A. Busch, Sr.Alice Ziesemann

Adolphus Busch III (1891 – August 29, 1946) was a brewing magnate who was the President and CEO of Anheuser-Busch from 1934-1946. He was the grandson of Adolphus Busch, the founder of the company and the oldest of 5 children of August A. Busch, Sr.. His younger brother August A. "Gussie" Busch, Jr. succeeded him as President and CEO.

Biography

He was born in 1891. He turned the company’s baker’s yeast operations into the nation’s leader, a position it held until this subsidiary was sold in 1988. He died on August 29, 1946 at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri of a cerebral hemorrhage.^[1]

References

^ "Adolphus Busch 3rd, Brewery Head, 55. President of Firm That Makes Budweiser Beer Is Dead". New York Times. August 30, 1946. http://www.flickr.com/photos/richard_arthur_norton/4932885252/. Retrieved 2010-08-27. "Adolphus Busch 3rd, president of Anheuser Busch, Inc., brewery, died today at Barnes Hospital of a cerebral hemorrhage. ..."

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Corporate Directors:	Carlos Brito, CEO • August Busch IV • Allan Chapin • Carlos Alberto da Veiga Sicupira • Arnoud de Pret Roose de Calesberg • Jean-Luc Dehaene • Philippe de Spoelberch • Jorge Paulo Lemann • Roberto Moses Thompson Motta • Kees J. Storm • Peter Harf •

Subsidiaries	Anheuser-Busch, Inc (Manufacturers Railway) • St. Louis Refrigerated Car Co. • InBev • AmBev

Equity Investments	Grupo Modelo - 50% • Craft Brewers Alliance (Redhook, Widmer Bros., Kona Brewing) - 32.2% • Tsingtao Brewery - 7%

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Name	Busch, Adolphus, Iii
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Date of birth	1891
Place of birth	St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Date of death	August 29, 1946
Place of death	St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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