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Adolphus Busch

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Entrepreneur

The Resume

    (July 10, 1839-October 10, 1913)
    21st of 22 children
    Left Germany at eighteen to live in St. Louis, Missouri
    Partnered with his father-in-law, Eberhard Anheuser, to form Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association
    Brewer of Budweiser, which was named after the Bohemian town Ceske Budejovice (Budweis in German)
    Founded the St. Louis Refrigerator Car Co., Busch Sulzer Brothers Diesel Engine Co. and Adolphus Busch Glass Manufacturing Co.
    Owned the Adolphus Hotel as well as five others in Texas

Why he might be annoying:

    His mother's name was Barbara Busch.
    He was discharged from the Union Army after three months of service.
    He was banging his business partner's daughter.
    He and his brother married both of Eberhard Anheuser's daughters on the same day (March 7, 1861).
    He named many of his companies and one of his sons after himself (egomaniac!)
    His Budweiser product is the self-proclaimed 'King of Beers.'
    A Czech company named Budweiser Burgerbrau took Anheuser-Busch to court for using the name Budweiser and for slightly ripping off their slogan, 'The Beer of Kings.'
    When he retired, he owned four homes (in Missouri, New York, California and Germany).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He graduated the Collegiate Institute of Brussels.
    Before becoming a brewer, he owned a successful wholesale house in St. Louis.
    While president of Anheuser-Busch, he became president of the Manufacturers Railway Co. and South Side Bank.
    He invested in almost three dozen American and European businesses.
    He outlived four of his 13 children.
    Today, 100 million barrels of his beer is brewed annually.
    The leadership of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association is still being passed down in the family and it expanded to own Budweiser, Busch, Michelob, O'Doul's, Natural, Bacardi Silver, Tequiza and Doc's Hard Lemon.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 18 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 24 Votes: 45.83% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 58 Votes: 43.10% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 2550 Votes: 32.71% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 29 Votes: 48.28% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 36 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 65 Votes: 64.62% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 167 Votes: 47.31% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 191 Votes: 51.83% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 275 Votes: 49.09% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 184 Votes: 47.28% Annoying