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The Beliefs that Built a Global Brewer

Harvard Business Review

Now the largest beer company in the world, AB InBev reported a double digit EBITDA growth rate and almost 30% growth in earnings per share. In 2004, the European beer company Interbrew, itself a product of several mergers, acquired a majority stake in AmBev, creating InBev. Anheuser's EBITDA in 2007, prior to its acquisition, was 23%.

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Category Creation Is the Ultimate Growth Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Our analysis showed the top 20 firms in Fortune 's 2010 list of fastest-growing companies received $3.40 coffee sector revenue grew from $28 billion in the late 1990s to $47 billion in 2010. Corporate development groups may have to accept that EBITDA multiple valuations may not be appropriate when buying a category creator.

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