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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 1989, a group of investors led by Marcel Telles purchased Brahma, then the number two brand of beer in Brazil. 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

While I've helped many clients grow their products, brands, and overall businesses, there is nothing as exhilarating as helping a company create an entirely new category. Our analysis showed the top 20 firms in Fortune 's 2010 list of fastest-growing companies received $3.40 in incremental market capitalization for every $1.00

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