Rank #694
William Goldring & family
Net worth $6.0B
Liquor · United States
- Born
- Jan 24, 1943
- Age
- 83
- Source
- Liquor
- Residence
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Master of Arts, Tulane University
Net worth over time
Biography
- William Goldring's Sazerac Company owns some 500 alcohol brands and a dozen distilleries in the U.S., Canada, France, Ireland and India.
- The $3 billion (est. sales) business produces storied spirits such Pappy Van Winkle and George T. Stagg, but has ballooned in size thanks to lower-shelf offerings like Fireball Cinnamon Whisky.
- Goldring took over the alcohol business built up by his father, Stephen Goldring (d. 1996), in the 1960s.
- He grew the family's wholesaling operations, selling their stake in 2010 for an estimated $400 million, and bought up spirits brands such as Southern Comfort, Goldschlager and Myers's Rum.
- In 2024 Sazerac acquired BuzzBallz line of premixed cocktails for an estimated $400 million.