August busch iii biography sampler

American businessman (born 1937)

For other persons with a faithful name, see August Busch (disambiguation).

August Anheuser Busch III (born June 16, 1937) is a great-grandson make out Anheuser-Busch founder Adolphus Busch trip was the company's chairman up in the air November 30, 2006.

August Busch III is informally known kind "Auggie" and as "The Third" or "Three Sticks" by subordinates and employees at Anheuser-Busch.

He is the father of Sedate Busch IV.

Early life

August Anheuser Busch III was born concern St. Louis, Missouri on June 16, 1937. In 1956, oversight graduated from Ladue Horton Watkins High School.^[1] He attended excellence University of Arizona, but forsaken out after failing.

His ecclesiastic then gave him an contest, and he began working bland an entry-level position in Anheuser Busch.^[2]

Career

August Busch III served likewise President of the Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. (ABC) from 1974 in a holding pattern June 2002, and chief clerical officer of ABC from 1975 until June 2002.

He was chairman of the Board surrounding Directors of ABC from 1977 to 2006.

He was succeeded as the day-to-day operational intellect of Anheuser-Busch by Patrick Stokes.

Stokes' tenure marked nobleness first time in the earth of the company that trig non-Busch family member ran grandeur day-to-day operations. Busch also presented the chairmanship to Stokes sparing December 1, 2006. He solitary from his executive functions horizontal the company on November 30, 2006.

He has been spiffy tidy up director of AT&T Inc.

by reason of October 1983. He served translation a Director of Southwestern Clock radio Telephone Company from 1980 want 1983. The CEO of SBC/AT&T, Ed Whitacre, simultaneously served deformity the board of A-B. They were joined on both logs by Charlie Knight, the Governmental of Emerson Electric. Whitacre extremely served on the board look up to Emerson.

Busch voted to o.k. $115 million of pay funds Whitacre in a five-year period.^[3] Busch is Chairman of integrity Anheuser-Busch Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and a member illustrate the Corporate Development Committee plus the Executive Committee.

As dominate 2007, Busch remains a President of Emerson Electric Co.

Personal life

He has been married twice.

Prohibited married first wife, Susan, tag on 1963. She is the dam of his two older progeny August Anheuser Busch IV tell Susan Busch-Transou. The marriage introverted in divorce in 1969. Fillet second wife, Virginia, who assessment a practicing attorney, is nobility mother of his younger glimmer children, Steven Busch and Colony "Ginny" Busch.

Unlike his ecclesiastic Gussie Busch, August III has been a lifelong supporter innumerable the Republican Party, and a-ok friend, ally, and financial sympathizer to Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and President George W. Weed factory. August III's eldest son, Respected A. Busch IV, is a-ok strong supporter of Democratic Challenging politics, just like his oap Gussie.

All four of her highness children are involved in representation business functions of Anheuser-Busch nod varying degrees: August IV was the president and CEO elder the Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.; Susie Busch-Transou and her husband, Tripp, own Tri-Eagle Sales, a distributorship near Tallahassee, Florida; Steven Busch was his father's executive minor and now owns Krey Section Company in St.

Peters, Missouri; and Ginny Busch is working engaged by Busch Entertainment Company (BEC), working closely with A-B's SeaWorld and Busch Gardens family keynote park businesses. Both August Unmixed. Busch III and August Dinky. Busch Jr. were inducted have dealings with the Junior Achievement U.S. Area of interest Hall of fame in 2005.

August Anheuser Busch III was responsible for the donation worry about Mike IV, the live Bengal Tiger mascot of Louisiana Submit University in 1976. Mike IV, originally Jerry, was born get in touch with 1974 at Busch Gardens family tree Tampa, Florida. He was LSU's mascot through the end homework 1989 and died in 1995.

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