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Seagram Company Ltd.


Canada, Business Org    (1928 to 2000)
• Major liquor distilling and beverage company (See: Company profile)
• 1928 : Distillers Corp. acquires Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, forming Distillers Corporation - Seagrams Ltd.
• 1975 : Name changed to Seagram Company Ltd.
• 1995 : Acquired MCA Inc.
• 2000 : Entertainment division sold to Vivendi, and Beverage division sold to Pernod Ricard
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1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
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Life ofSeagramCo
 
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Bronfman, Edgar M. Jr.   (Officer of, 1982 to 2000) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1989 : President
• 1994 : CEO, after his father stepped down
Bronfman, Edgar M.   (Officer of, 1971 to 1994) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Chairman and CEO, major shareholder