The Sunday Times Rich List for 2026 which estimates the personal wealth of the richest at least notionally UK based people suggests that in global Big Beer the personal fortunes of the owner of Heineken and the part owners of ABInBev are doing very nicely.
Of course both are public companies so the personal wealth of the owners, while interesting, and concerning to many, does not particularly reflect how Heineken and ABInBev are doing
Charlene De Carvalho-Heineken and Michel De Carvalho is fifteenth in the Top 350 with a personal wealth of £10.09bn in 2025 estimated to be £10.215bn in 2026
Meanwhile Alejandro Santiago Domingo and Lady Charlotte Welleseley who are associated with ABInBev have risen from 61st place to 58th place with a personal wealth of £2.661bn in 2025 now standing at £2.74bn
The Earl of Iveagh and the Guinness Family is at 190 down from 186 with wealth of £856m in 2025 down to £807m in 2026. The Earl also owns the Norfolk Estate that supplies the King’s Christmas tree at Sandringham. Guinness itself of course is owned by Diageo but its falling shareprice has impacted the Earl’s fortune.
Big Beer is still very good business, for the owners anyway
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