- This page is for 3rd generation brewing magnate, August A. "Gussie" Busch, Jr.. For
other persons, see August Busch.
 Gussie Busch
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| Born |
March 28, 1899 (died age 90)
St. Louis, Missouri, USA  |
| Died |
September 29, 1989
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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| Occupation |
Brewing Executive |
| Spouse |
4 wives |
| Children |
August A. Busch III and several others |
| Parents |
August A. Busch, Sr. |
August Anheuser Busch, Jr. (March 28 1899 –
September 29 1989) also known as "Gussie" Busch was an
American brewing magnate who built the Anheuser-Busch
Companies into the largest brewery in the world as company chairman from 1946-75, and became a prominent sportsman as owner of
the St. Louis Cardinals franchise in Major
League Baseball from 1953 until his death.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Busch was the grandson of brewery founder
Adolphus Busch and grandfather of current CEO August
Busch IV. He succeeded his older brother Adolphus Busch III as President and
CEO. He originated the use of the now famous Clydesdale team as a company logo in the
1930s. Such Clydesdales were presented to his father pulling a Budweiser beer wagon to commemorate the end of Prohibition. Anheuser-Busch now ranks as the world's largest brewer.
As chairman, president or CEO of the Cardinals from the time the club was purchased by the
brewery in 1953 until his death, Busch oversaw a team which won six National League championships (1964, 1967, 1968, 1982, 1985, 1987) and three World Series
(1964, 1967 and 1982) under his stewardship. In 1984, the Cardinals' board
of directors retired the uniform number 85 for him, in honor of his age at the time.
Although the Cardinals were by far the dominant baseball team in St. Louis, in 1953
their owner, Fred Saigh, was in financial and tax difficulty, and the club did not even own
its own ballpark (it was a tenant of the "stepchild" St. Louis Browns in
Sportsman's Park). Amid rumors of a move to Milwaukee or Houston, Anheuser-Busch bought the Redbirds,
and after the Browns relocated to Baltimore for 1954, it also purchased the
ballpark, renaming it Busch Stadium. The current stadium bearing that name was opened in
2006 replacing the prior Busch Stadium which opened in 1966.
Anheuser-Busch sold the Cardinals in 1996 to a group of investors led by William DeWitt,
Jr. Gussie Busch died at age 90 in St. Louis.
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Anheuser-Busch |
| Corporate
Directors: |
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| Busch
Entertainment Corporation |
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| Anheuser-Busch Products |
Budweiser •
Michelob • Busch Beer • Rolling Rock • Natural • Imports • Specialty Beers • Non-alcoholic • Energy Drinks • Organic Beers • Specialty Malt Beverages • Malt Liquors |
| Subsidiaries |
Anheuser-Busch, Inc • Anheuser-Busch International, Inc. •
Anheuser-Busch Agricultural Operations • St. Louis
Refrigerated Car Co. • Manufacturers Railway Co. • Metal Container Corp. • Anheuser-Busch Recycling Corp. •
Precision Printing and Packaging, Inc. • Eagle
Packaging, Inc. • Longhorn Glass Corp. • Busch Entertainment Corporation • Busch Properties,
Inc. |
| Equity Investments |
Grupo Modelo •
Tsingtao Brewery |
| Related Operations |
Grant's
Farm |
Annual Revenue: $1.8392 billion
USD (FY 2005) · Employees: 31,485 · Stock Symbol:
NYSE: BUD · Website: www.anheuser-busch.com |
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