- CEO
- Glenn D. Manlapaz
- Full Time Employees
- 3,100
- Sector
- Consumer non-durables
- Industry
- Beverages: alcoholic
- Address
- Quezon City Philippines
- IPO Date
- Dec 19, 2011
- Business
- Emperador Inc. is a global spirits manufacturing and holding company that produces, bottles, markets, and distributes distilled spirits, wines, and alcoholic beverages worldwide. The company operates primarily through two core business segments: Brandy and Scotch Whisky. Its comprehensive product portfolio encompasses brandy products, including Emperador, Emperador Light, Emperador Deluxe, Fundador, Terry Centenario, Presidente, Don Pedro, and Azteca de Oro; single malt Scotch whiskies, blended Scotch whiskies, and grain whiskies, including The Dalmore, Jura, Tamnavulin, Fettercairn, Whyte & Mackay, Shackleton, John Barr, Cluny, Claymore, and Invergordon; sherry and fortified wines sold under the Harveys label; artisanal mezcals produced under the Los Danzantes and Alipús brands; specialty liqueurs, spirits, and whisky blends, including Glayva, Andy Player, The Bar, and Charles & James Light; and ready-to-drink alcoholic beverages, including Smirnoff Mule and So Nice. The company also manages integrated operations covering vineyard cultivation, distillation, sherry cask seasoning, glass container manufacturing, and snack food distribution under the Pik-Nik brand. Emperador serves consumer markets through retail, wholesale, off-premise, and on-premise distribution channels across more than 100 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, North America, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. Operating as a subsidiary of Alliance Global Group, Inc., Emperador executes its international business through principal operating subsidiaries, including Emperador Distillers, Inc. in the Philippines, Whyte and Mackay Group in the United Kingdom, Bodegas Fundador in Spain, and Casa Pedro Domecq in Mexico. Founded in 2001, Emperador Inc. is headquartered in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
In recent developments, Emperador has accelerated its strategic initiative toward portfolio premiumization, operational efficiency, and global footprint expansion. In early 2025, the company entered the agave spirits category by acquiring a 60% majority equity stake in Mexican mezcal producer Destilería Los Danzantes S.A. de C.V. through its subsidiary Casa Pedro Domecq, integrating premium craft mezcal labels into its global commercial network. Concurrently, the company completed a series of long-term capital expansion projects, including doubling the production capacity at The Dalmore single malt distillery in Scotland, expanding the maturation footprint at the Invergordon distillery complex to 92 hectares alongside an advanced bioenergy center, and commissioning a biomass boiler facility at the Jura distillery. Transitioning from primary infrastructure buildouts to asset optimization and aged inventory development, Emperador allocated a capital expenditure program of approximately PHP 2.4 billion in 2026, directing capital primarily toward new whisky maturation warehouses and facility upgrades in the United Kingdom, alongside enhancements to its brandy production and supply chain infrastructure across Spain and the Philippines.