Top 10 booze billionaires
7th March, 2019
by
Lauren Eads
10. Juan Francisco Beckmann Vidal and family
World ranking: #452
Country: Mexico
Worth: $4.3bn
Age: 79
Business: Beckmann Vidal is chairman of the Mexican tequila brand Jose Cuervo.
The company has been in the same family for 11 generations, with Beckmann Vidal’s son, Juan Domingo Beckmann Legorreta, currently its CEO.
In February 2017, the company went public, raising more than $900 million.