If You Thought These Companies Are Still American, You Are Wrong

Published on 08/23/2020
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AMC

For about an entire century, AMC cinemas have been giving movie lovers relaxing and fun moviegoing experiences. This company made a name for itself in this industry and even went on to be the biggest movie theatre chain on the planet. Even though the initials stand for American Multi-Cinema, the truth is that a Chinese company called Dalian Wanda Group had been the majority stakeholder from 2012 to 2018. In 2018, however, this changed a bit after Silver Lake Partners bought a $600 million stake in it. Despite this, Wanda Group is still the one who gets to call the shots in terms of executive-level decisions.

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AMC

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Budweiser

In terms of beers, there are folks who assume that it does not get any more American than this. It might have been true in the past, but the truth is that this is no longer an American company even though it was founded in Missouri and continues to say “America” on the container. In 2008, this company was bought by a Belgium beer powerhouse called InBev for $52 billion. It might have an American past, but we can’t exactly say the same thing about its future. At any rate, we are just glad that the parent company did not change the formula. It tastes exactly the same as it used to!

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Budweiser

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