Heineken Brewery

The Heineken family entered the beer business in 1864, when Gerard Adriaan Heineken bought a brewery in the heart of Amsterdam. Over the past 140 years, three generations of the Heineken family have built and expanded the brand and the company in Europe and around the world. It is thanks to the leadership of Gerard, Henry and Alfred Heineken that Heineken is one of the world’s leading brewing groups. Today Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken is delegate member of the Board of directors of Heineken Holding N.V.
1864 22-year-old businessman Gerard Adriaan Heineken purchases the “The Haystack” brewery, the largest in the region. He demands and receives full control of shares, realising that sweeping and rapid changes are needed.