Diageo

Company profile

Diageo plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production, marketing, and distribution of alcoholic beverages in North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean, and Africa. It offers beer, scotch, gin, vodka, rum, liqueur, raki, wine, cachaça, tequila, brandy, and Chinese white spirit beverages, as well as Irish, Canadian, Chinese US, and Indian whisky. The company also provides ready-to-drink and non-alcoholic beverages. Its principal brands include Johnnie Walker, Don Julio, Guinness, Crown Royal, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Buchanan's, Casamigos, Shui Jing Fang, and McDowell's. The company was formerly known as Guinness plc and changed its name to Diageo plc in February 1998. The company was incorporated in 1886 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Company facts

Sector

Consumer

Industry

Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries

Country

United Kingdom

Headquarters

16 Great Marlborough Street, W1F 7HS, London

Employees

27,972

Chief executive

David Lewis

Founded

1886

Fiscal year

July - June

Listing

DGE · LSE

Indices

FTSE 100

Currency

GBp

ISIN

GB0002374006

Website

diageo.com