A Brief Primer on Suntory Holdings

Dear Client: A few of our readers have expressed that they know little to nothing about Suntory Holdings, the Japanese conglomerate expected to purchase Beam Inc. for $16 billion (see WSD 01-13-2014). Here's what we could dig up. Suntory Holdings is a privately held, family-run company, though last year it put its food and non-alcoholic drinks business up for IPO. It was founded 115 years ago and established Japan's first distillery in 1923. The company's business holdings now include fitness