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Home > Company Index > Food, Beverage & Tobacco > Beverages - Bottlers & Wholesale Distribution > Wirtz Corporation

Wirtz Corporation
 PROFILE
Wirtz does best on ice. It owns the Chicago Blackhawks hockey team and is partnered with Jerry Reinsdorf, majority owner of the Chicago Bulls basketball team, for ownership of the United Center, where the teams play. Wirtz owns liquor distributorships, including Judge & Dolph, the largest in Illinois, and Edison Liquor Co. The Wirtz family gave thousands of dollars to state lawmakers in 1999 to pass a law that protected liquor distributors by making it difficult for liquor producers to switch distributors. (The law later was declared unconstitutional.) The firm owns property in Wisconsin, Mississippi, Texas, Nevada and Florida. Arthur Wirtz (father of CEO William Wirtz) founded the family-controlled empire in 1922.

 COMPETITION
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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: June
2000 Sales (mil.): 880.00
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 6.0%
Employees: 2,100
Revenue per employee: $419,047.62

 KEY PEOPLE
• William W. Wirtz
    CEO
• Max Mohler
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
680 N. Lakeshore Dr., 19th Fl.
Chicago, IL 60611
US
Phone: 312-943-7000
Fax: 312-943-9017

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