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  Freddy Heineken
Alfred H. (Freddy) Heineken (November 4, 1923 - January 3, 2002) was a major stock holder and president of Heineken, the beer brewery bought in 1864 by his grandfather Gerard Adriaan Heineken[?] in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
By the time of his resignation as chairman of the board in 1989 he had turned Heineken from a brand that was famous in the Netherlands to a brand that was famous all over the world.
Freddy Heineken and his chauffeur Ab Doderer were kidnapped in 1983 and released on a ransom of 35 million guilders (about 16 million Euros).
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/fr/Freddy_Heineken.html   (250 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Freddy Heineken   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Alfred Henry (Freddy) Heineken, born November 4, 1923 in Amsterdam, Netherlands - died January 3, 2002 in Noordwijk, Netherlands, was a major stock holder and president of Heineken Breweries.
Under Freddy Heineken’s father, the family had lost control of the brewery bought in 1864 by his father Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Freddy Heineken and his chauffeur, Ab Doderer were kidnapped in 1983 and were held in separate cells in a deserted warehouse in the port of Amsterdam.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Freddy_Heineken   (533 words)

  
 Heineken   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Heineken is a Dutch beer brewer with more than 110 breweries in over 50 countries.
Heineken is the number one imported beer in the United States.
The Heineken brewery is owner of brands like Heineken(5 percent), Amstel (5 percent) and Buckler (0.5 percent), all pilsner beers.
www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/h/he/heineken.html   (108 words)

  
 Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter - Mr Heineken dies
Freddy Heineken, under whose leadership the family brewery became internationally famous, died this week, at the age of 78, in The Netherlands.
Busch, Carlsberg and Heineken all trace their origins to the mid 1800s, and all are best known for golden lagers that are distant derivations of that first made by the Czechs in the city of Pilsen in 1842.
Freddy Heineken had his own article of faith: that a proper lager cannot be made in fewer than 60 days, while most of its rivals worldwide would settle for 21 or even 14.
www.beerhunter.com /documents/19133-001643.html   (1207 words)

  
 Radio Netherlands Worldwide - Independent thinking, independent voice - English - Beer Magnate Freddy Heineken Dies
Dutch beer magnate Freddy Heineken has died at the age of 78 at his residence in Noordwijk in the west of the Netherlands.
Freddy Heineken, who transformed the family firm begun by his grandfather into one of the world's major brands, had been in poor health since suffering a cerebral haemorrhage last April.
Under Freddy Heineken's direction, the company rapidly grew to become a worldwide operation, with outlets in all continents and a worldwide turnover of 4.449 billion euros in the first six months of last year.
www.radionetherlands.nl /currentaffairs/region/netherlands/heineken020104.html   (431 words)

  
 Freddy Heineken - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alfred Henry (Freddy) Heineken (November 4, 1923 - January 3, 2002) was a major stock holder and president of Heineken, the beer brewery bought in 1864 by his grandfather Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
By the time of his resignation as chairman of the board in 1989 he had turned Heineken from a brand that was famous in the Netherlands to a brand that was famous worldwide.
Freddy Heineken married Lucille Cummins, an American from a Kentucky family of bourbon whiskey distillers.
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 Freddy Heineken - Wikipedia
Alfred Henry (Freddy) Heineken (Amsterdam, 4 november 1923 – Noordwijk, 3 januari 2002) was een Nederlandse grootaandeelhouder en directeur van Heineken, de bierbrouwerij van zijn grootvader Gerard Adriaan Heineken.
Heineken, zelf in het bezit van eredoctoraten van de universiteit van Rochester en Hofstra University, was erg geïnteresseerd in wetenschap en technologie.
Heineken gaf aan de Leidse geschiedkundige Henk Wesseling de opdracht een kaart te ontwerpen voor de Europese Unie, waar alle deelstaten zouden bestaan uit regio's en niet uit staten, het zogenaamde Eurotopia.
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 rediff.com: Beer magnate Freddy Heineken dies at 78: Reuters
Beer magnate Freddy Heineken, who made the Dutch brewer his grandfather founded a household name, has died of pneumonia at the age of 78.
Freddy, who largely shunned the public gaze after surviving a 1983 kidnapping ordeal, was chairman of Heineken NV from 1971 to 1989 and headed its supervisory board from 1989 to 1995.
Heineken NV stock rose three percent and Holding shares added over five percent in early Amsterdam trade -- their highest levels in four months -- as the death of the grand old man of Dutch brewing fanned takeover talk.
www.rediff.com /money/2002/jan/04beer.htm   (544 words)

  
 Heineken International In memoriam Alfred Heineken
Heineken N.V. It is with great sadness that the Management Board of Heineken Holding N.V. and the Executive Board of Heineken N.V. announce that this evening Dr. Alfred H. Heineken died peacefully at home in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, at the age of 78.
He was the man who introduced the smiling letter 'e' in the Heineken brand name, he made the Heineken brand colour green and he was the man who was the spiritual father of the Heineken logo as we know it today, the combination of a star, a banner and a hop vine.
Although his father lost the family's controlling interest in 1942, Alfred Heineken managed to regain the majority shareholding in Heineken N.V. He was a member of the Supervisory Board of Heineken N.V. from 1951 to 1958 and a delegated member of the Supervisory Board from 1958 to 1964.
www.heinekeninternational.com /pages/article/S2/alfredheineken01.aspx   (1352 words)

  
 [Deathwatch] Alfred Henry ``Freddy'' Heineken, brewer, 78   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Heineken's family will retain his controlling stake in the brewer, which trails only Anheuser Busch and Interbrew in terms of size.
Heineken became a member of the brewery's management board in 1964 and served as CEO from 1971 to 1989.
Heineken was the richest man in the country with an estimated fortune of more than $3.6 billion, but that made him the target of criminals.
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 CNN.com - Heineken chief dies - January 4, 2002
Alfred Henry Heineken, who was 78, died in the Dutch town of Noordwijk, the company Heineken NV said without revealing what caused his death.
Heineken started his career at the company, which was founded in 1864 by his grandfather, Gerard Adriaan Heineken, in June 1942.
Heineken retired as the head of Heineken Holding NV in November 2001 as The Netherlands' richest man with an estimated fortune of $3.6 billion.
archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/01/04/dutch.obit/index.html   (276 words)

  
 KNAW > The Heineken Prizes
The Heineken Prizes are awarded biennially to five outstanding international scientists and scholars, and one highly talented Dutch visual artist.
Professor Sir Alec J. Jeffreys (1950), United Kingdom, is being awarded the Dr H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics 2006 for 'his discovery of the genetic fingerprint'.
The Heineken Prizes are financed by the Dr. H.P. Heineken Foundation and the Alfred Heineken Fondsen Foundation.
www.knaw.nl /heinekenprizes   (535 words)

  
 Forbes.com - Magazine Article
Freddy Heineken, who helped grow his eponymous Dutch brewery into one of the biggest in the world, died today at 78.
Heineken was chairman of the suds empire from 1971 to 1989, and headed its supervisory board from 1989 to 1995.
Heineken NV shares rose 3% in early Amsterdam trade as Heineken's death stirred acquisition speculation.
www.forbesimg.com /2002/01/04/0104faceam2_print.html   (419 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - Freddy Heineken, Brewing's Grand Old Family Man, Dies at 78 - Business And Money | Business News | ...
Freddy chaired Heineken NV from 1971 to 1989 and headed its supervisory board from 1989 to 1995.
Having sat in on its meetings since 1954, Freddy was officially appointed to the Heineken executive board in 1964, in charge of the financial side.
Alfred Henry Heineken was born in Amsterdam on November 4, 1923.
www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,42159,00.html   (774 words)

  
 BW Online | September 8, 2003 | Heineken
Freddy had a knack for marketing, but he was financially conservative and in later years held Heineken back, even as SABMiller and Interbrew grew through big-ticket acquisitions.
Heineken's boss is resorting to tough tactics to stir the troops out of their complacency.
As Heineken's controlling shareholder, the London resident and mother of five retains a say over a broad range of business decisions, from new packaging to acquisitions, though she is nowhere as involved in the day-to-day running of the company as her father was.
www.businessweek.com /magazine/content/03_36/b3848012_mz044.htm   (2368 words)

  
 Corpus Christi Caller-Times / Heineken marks 125th anniversary as global giant
But if Freddy Heineken had founded the label instead of his grandfather, the Dutch might not be celebrating at all.
Heineken decided to market the family recipe outside of the Netherlands, and today Heineken NV is the world's second-largest brewer after U.S.-based Anheuser-Busch.
In 1983, Freddy Heineken and his chauffeur were kidnapped outside his Amsterdam office and held for three weeks until the Heineken family paid a ransom of $11.6 million.
www.caller2.com /busarch/bus3535.html   (716 words)

  
 BBC News | EUROPE | Heineken beer magnate dead
Freddy Heineken, who made the Dutch beer bearing his name one of the biggest beverage brands in the world, has died.
Mr Heineken started his career during World War II at the company founded by his grandfather in 1864.
Freddy Heineken was abducted by criminals in 1983 for three weeks - an experience which made him shun most public occasions.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/1741706.stm   (143 words)

  
 Freddy Heineken, who made green-bottle beer famous, dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Heineken NV didn't reveal the cause of death and said the former CEO's funeral will be private.
Heineken's family will retain his controlling stake in the brewery, which trails only Anheuser Busch and Interbrew in terms of size.
Heineken's been was more expensive, but it didn't hurt its popularity.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /business/53272_heineken04.shtml   (430 words)

  
 Expansion: A.H.Heineken
Alfred Henry or Freddy Heineken is Henry Pierre's son.
He started working at Heineken in 1942 and in 1971 was appointed Chairman of the Executive Board.
One of Alfred Heineken's major contributions has been his unwavering belief in the power of advertising.
www.heineken-university.com /WoH/expansion04.html   (126 words)

  
 BBC News | BUSINESS | Farewell Mr Heineken
Freddy Heineken, the man seen by many as responsible for the beer's global success, has died at the age of 78.
Alfred Henry Heineken had been closely involved in the family brewing business since the age of 18.
He developed a square beer bottle that he believed could be used as a brick to help solve environmental pollution and housing shortages in developing countries.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/1742241.stm   (318 words)

  
 AllAboutBranding.com : Heineken's Global Paradigm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Heineken is a very different company from, for example, Unilever.
Heineken and Amstel are genuine global brands, and their management reflects that.
Everyone at Heineken quickly understood where they should be looking for growth ideas to build on the brand heritage, as developed by Freddy Heineken.
www.allaboutbranding.com /index.lasso?article=402   (1546 words)

  
 Realbeer.com: Beer News: Freddy Heineken dies
The former head of the world's third biggest brewer, Heineken, died in his home in the seaside town of Noordwijk, the company said.
Heineken's family will retain his controlling stake in the brewery.
Heineken's green bottles were more expensive than the alternative, but it didn't hurt their popularity.
www.realbeer.com /news/articles/news-001645.php   (284 words)

  
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He was the man who introduced the smiling letter in the Heineken brand name, he made the Heineken brand colour green and he was the man who was the spiritual father of the Heineken logo as we know it today, the combination of a star, a banner and a hop vine.
Alfred Heineken, the brewer, turned out to be a marketing genius in an age when the term and#145;marketing was still unknown.
Freddy Heineken, as he was known to his many friends and a few close colleagues, had a very intense love of music, architecture, film, photography and visual arts.
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 Homeofmusic Forums - A Sad Day In The Beer World....
Heineken, the chairman and largest shareholder of the holding company of the Dutch brewer, died Thursday night at his home in the seaside town of Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
The former head of the world's third-biggest brewer, Heineken NV, he was expected to step down as head of the holding company at a shareholders meeting April 25.
Heineken NV didn't reveal the cause of death, but said the former chief executive's funeral will be private.
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 Heinekan Case Study Intl Business
In discussing the "case" of Heineken, it is possible to put all of this together and look at.
Two years later Heineken set up a brewery in Singapore together with soft drinks producer Fraser and Neave: Malayan Breweries, now known as Asia Pacific Breweries (APB).The many decades of Heineken's presence in Asia have yielded additional benefits in recent years.
In addition to the information from Heineken's own PR dept., there is a recent story in the Financial Times of London, as carried in the National Post of Canada, about Heineken's entry into "emerging markets".
www.witiger.com /internationalbusiness/heineken.htm   (1370 words)

  
 BW Online | January 28, 2002 | Freddy Heineken's Recipe May Be Scrapped
For years, Heineken has had to limit acquisitions and rule out mergers in order to leave Freddy Heineken in control.
If Heineken execs don't have the power to sell new shares to raise cash for an acquisition, or to use shares as takeover currency, the venerable Dutch brewer could lose out in bidding wars and see growth stagnate.
But if Heineken finds itself getting outbid again by feisty Interbrew, Freddy Heineken's family business could be in for a change.
www.businessweek.com /magazine/content/02_04/b3767053.htm   (843 words)

  
 Ye Olde Brew News -January 2002
Dutch beer magnate Freddy Heineken died peacefully January 3rd at his residence in Noordwijk, Netherlands.
Born on November 4, 1923 in Amsterdam, Freddy Heineken succeeded in transforming the family firm founded by his grandfather in 1864 into one of the world-brewing giants.
After joining the brewery in 1942, Freddy Heineken worked in the publicity department before becoming president from 1971 to 1989.
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