Diageo

Summary

Diageo is a business^[1]. Diageo ranks in the top 0.31% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39,899 views/month, #92 of 29,529).^[2]

Key Facts

• Diageo is in the country of United Kingdom^[3].
• Diageo is in the country of GB^[4].
• Diageo's instance of is recorded as business^[5].
• Diageo's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[6].
• Diageo's instance of is recorded as holding company^[7].
• Diageo is owned by Capital Group Companies^[8].
• Diageo is owned by BlackRock^[9].
• Diageo is owned by MFS Investment Management^[10].
• Diageo followed Seagram Company Ltd.^[11].
• Diageo followed Grand Metropolitan^[12].
• Diageo's headquarters location is recorded as London^[13].
• Diageo's chief executive officer is recorded as Ivan Menezes^[14].
• Diageo's child organization or unit is recorded as Guinness Ghana Breweries^[15].
• Diageo's child organization or unit is recorded as Guinness Brewery^[16].
• Diageo's child organization or unit is recorded as Cardhu distillery^[17].
• Diageo's child organization or unit is recorded as George Dickel^[18].
• Diageo's child organization or unit is recorded as Distillers Company^[19].
• Diageo's child organization or unit is recorded as Caol Ila Distillery^[20].
• Diageo is part of FTSE 100 Index^[21].
• Diageo's Commons category is recorded as Diageo^[22].
• Diageo's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange^[23].
• Diageo's stock exchange is recorded as London Stock Exchange^[24].
• Diageo's industry is recorded as beverage industry^[25].
• Diageo's chairperson is recorded as Javier Ferrán^[26].
• December 17, 1997 marks the founding of Diageo^[27].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 213800ZVIELEA55JMJ32^[28]

• Registered legal name: Diageo PLC^[29]

• Legal jurisdiction: GB^[30]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[31]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): B6ES^[32]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[33]

• LEI registration status: ISSUED^[34]

• Entity created: 1886-10-21^[35]

• LEI first registered: 2014-02-04^[36]

• LEI last updated: 2026-01-15^[37]

• LEI next renewal: 2027-02-23^[38]

• Managing LOU: 213800WAVVOPS85N2205^[39]

• Registration authority: RA000585^[40]

• Authority entity ID: 00023307^[41]

• Conformity flag: CONFORMING^[42]

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Founding

Recorded inception include December 17, 1997^[27], 1997^[43], and 1886-10-21^[44]. Diageo's location of formation is recorded as London^[45].

Identity

Diageo is part of FTSE 100 Index^[21]. Predecessors include Seagram Company Ltd.^[11] and Grand Metropolitan^[12].

Leadership

Diageo's chief executive officer is recorded as Ivan Menezes^[14]. Diageo's chairperson is recorded as Javier Ferrán^[26].

Operations

Diageo's headquarters location is recorded as London^[13]. Subsidiaries include Guinness Ghana Breweries^[15], a business^[46], in Ghana^[47], founded in 1960^[48], headquartered in Kumasi^[49]; Guinness Brewery^[16], a brewery^[50], in Ireland^[51], founded in 1759^[52], headquartered in Dublin^[53]; Cardhu distillery^[17], a whisky distillery^[54], in United Kingdom^[55], founded in 1824^[56]; George Dickel^[18], a trademark^[57], in United States^[58], founded in 1884^[59]; Distillers Company^[19], a business^[60], in United Kingdom^[61], founded in 1877^[62], headquartered in Edinburgh^[63]; and Caol Ila Distillery^[20], a whisky distillery^[64], in United Kingdom^[65], founded in 1846^[66], headquartered in Port Askaig^[67].

Industry

Diageo's industry is recorded as beverage industry^[25].

Ownership

Owners include Capital Group Companies^[8], a business^[68], in United States^[69], founded in 1931^[70], headquartered in Los Angeles^[71]; BlackRock^[9], a company^[72], in United States^[73], founded in 1988^[74], headquartered in New York City^[75]; and MFS Investment Management^[10], a business^[76], in United States^[77], founded in 1924^[78], headquartered in Boston^[79]. Stock exchanges include New York Stock Exchange^[23] and London Stock Exchange^[24]. Diageo's product or material produced is recorded as alcoholic beverage^[80].

Why It Matters

Diageo ranks in the top 0.31% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39,899 views/month, #92 of 29,529).^[2] Diageo has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[81] Diageo is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[82]