Carlos Brito is a mechanical engineering graduate from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and he earned an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
He is now chief executive of a global company with 200,000 people in 50 countries and more than 500 iconic brands sold in 100 countries.
“Brito is a global business leader for the modern age,” said Jonathan Levin, Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean of Stanford Graduate School of Business. “He started in Brazil and built the world’s largest brewing company. Today, he leads an organization that operates in virtually every time zone, yet he remains down to earth and closely connected to his customers and colleagues.”
Anheuser-Busch InBev CEO Carlos Brito will deliver the alumni commencement address at the Stanford Graduate School of Business on Saturday, June 16, 2018.
In 1989 Brito joined Brazilian beer and soft drinks company Brahma, which 10 years later merged with Companhia Antarctica Paulista to form Ambev. There he held various positions in finance, operations, and sales before being appointed CEO in January 2004. Ambev combined with Belgium’s Interbrew to form InBev eight months later, and Brito became Zone President North America. He was appointed CEO in December 2005.
Brito led the successful merger with Anheuser-Busch in 2008. In October 2016, after the company acquired SAB, Brito remained CEO of what had become the world’s largest brewer.
Inaugurated in 2010, Stanford GSB’s alumni commencement speaker program brings business leaders back to inspire graduating students as they embark on their own careers.
Brito is a member of the advisory council at Stanford GSB and serves on the advisory board of the Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been tasked with…
Brown and Caldwell, a leading environmental engineering and construction firm,…
Humboldt State University, one of four campuses within the California…
