Corporate Profile

Brown-Forman is a diversified producer of fine quality beverage alcohol brands. We were founded in 1870 by George Garvin Brown in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. The company’s original brand, Old Forester Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky, was America's first bottled bourbon and remains one of our finest brands today.

We employ about 4,000 people worldwide with about 1,000 of those employees located in Louisville, Kentucky. We are one of the largest American-owned wine and spirits companies and among the top 10 largest U.S. spirits companies. We market more than 25 brands in over 135 countries.

Read more about Brown-Forman in Our Company.

Learn more about our economic impacts in the Economic Contribution section.

Note: *Unless otherwise noted, employee data is as of June 15, 2009, incorporating the results of our workforce reduction.