founded 1844 headquarters glasgow scotland products scotch whiskies liqueurs and vodkas number of employees 500 website www.whyteandmackay.co.uk whyte and mackay is a scottish company producing alcoholic beverages . it was founded in 1844 and is based in glasgow . since 31 october 2014 whyte and mackay has been owned by philippines based emperador inc. a subsidiary of the alliance global group holding company after being sold by the india based united spirits ltd for 430m . 1 whyte & mackay s self branded whisky holds about 3 per cent of the uk whisky market . 2 contents 1 history 2 united states 3 products 4 awards 5 former sports sponsorship 6 as treasure 7 references 8 external links history edit charles mackay and james whyte founded a company as whisky merchants and bonded warehousemen in glasgow in 1882 . w & m special was their first blended whisky and it was successful in the united kingdom and other english speaking countries . after world war ii the company focused on the home market and now sell more than 1 million cases a year . the brand was purchased by hugh fraser s suits group in 1971 . 3 suits was acquired by lonrho in 1981 and subsequently whyte & mackay was sold to brent walker in 1988 and then to american brands in 1990 which was renamed as fortune brands in 1997 . in 2001 fortune brands sold whyte & mackay to management for 208 million . 2 united breweries purchased the brand in may 2007 for 595 million in cash . 2 in august 2013 key members of united spirits limited usl the subsidiary of united breweries that owned whyte & mackay resigned from positions at whyte and mackay in the wake of the purchase of a controlling share of usl by diageo including usl ceo vijay mallya white & mackay ceo john beard and director ayani nedungadi . 4 5 6 regulators in the uk are investigating whether to force united to divest itself of whyte & mackay due to anti trust concerns over diageo s dominant position in scotch whisky production . 5 6 on 16 september 2013 whyte & mackay appointed bryan donaghey as its new ceo . donaghey formerly served as managing director of diageo for scotland and prior to diageo held posts within the scotch whisky association . 7 united states edit in october 2011 whyte & mackay formed an import company in the u.s. whyte & mackay americas to handle its portfolio in the u.s. market with products including the jura the dalmore cluny john barr glen salen whyte & mackay and mackinlay s whisky brands as well as glayva liqueur snow leopard and pinky vodkas in the u.s. the company appointed former bacardi executive jorge gutierrez as president of whyte & mackay americas . 8 9 in july 2013 gutierrez left whyte & mackay americas to become ceo of voli vodka . 10 11 12 in september 2013 whyte & mackay appointed alcoholic beverage specialist park street to provide importing back office and enterprise resource planning services for its whyte & mackay americas unit . 13 14 15 products edit master blender richard paterson of whyte & mackay the company sells single malt and blended scotch whiskies liqueurs and vodkas . their brands include the w & m blends ; 16 dalmore jura and fettercairn single malts ; glayva liqueur ; and vladivar vodka . in august 2010 it was reported that whyte and mackay would replicate a supply of whisky discovered in antarctica from a 1907 expedition of antarctic explorer ernest shackleton s supplies . 17 the 11 bottles of whisky recovered were of the mackinlay brand and whyte and mackay now oversee those distilleries . on 14 october 2010 whyte and mackay sold two bottles of their 64 year old dalmore trinitas malt whisky for 100 000 each or about 160 000 . 18 according to the master distiller only three bottles of this whisky were ever made and it can not be made again . awards edit in 2006 whyte and mackay whisky was entered in the 2006 world quality awards organized by monde selection and awarded a gold quality award . 19 in 2009 30 year old whyte and mackay whisky was voted the best blended whisky in the world in two competitions . 20 former sports sponsorship edit whyte and mackay were sponsors of the english football team leeds united from 2003 to 2006 but their backing did little to save the club from a financial crisis which cost them their place in the premier league . the brand also formerly sponsored edinburgh club hibernian in the scottish premier league the royal challengers bangalore in the indian premier league the pdc premier league darts and the force india formula one racing team . as treasure edit bottles of whyte and mackay were recovered by underwater archaeologist e. lee spence from the shipwreck of the ss regina which had been sunk in lake huron in 1913 . a people magazine article that told of the recovery had a picture of spence on the bow of the salvage boat hoisting a full bottle of whyte and mackay . 21 references edit http www.bbc.co.uk news uk scotland scotland business 27340535 a b c uk scotland whisky giant sold to billionaire . bbc news . 2007 05 16 . retrieved 2013 08 26 . default . whyteandmackay.com . retrieved 2013 08 26 . millar r. mallya quits whyte & mackay board the drinks business 12 august 2013 . a b daily briefs for 12 august 2013 shanken news daily 12 august 2013 . a b vass s. surprise as tycoon mallya quits whyte & mackay board herald scotland 11 august 2013 . hopkins amy ex diageo boss appointed whyte & mackay ceo the spirits business 19 september 2013 . whyte & mackay creates new unit to handle portfolio in u.s. shanken news daily 3 october 2011 . wehring olly uk us whyte & mackay calls time on shaw ross international us import tie up just drinks 4 october 2011 . daily briefs for 24 july 2013 shanken news daily 24 july 2013 . wilmore james us voli vodka bags whyte & mackay exec as ceo just drinks 6 august 2013 . gutierrez and strader lead new voli strategy the beverage journal 3 september 2013 . daily briefs for 10 september 2013 shanken news daily 10 september 2013 . whyte & mackay part of diageo controlled united spirits ltd. making moves in the u.s. park street news 11 september 2013 . whyte & mackay selects park street marketwatch 10 september 2013 . whyte & mackay product range dead link 1 archived 16 august 2010 at the wayback machine . breaking news and opinion on the huffington post . aolnews.com . 2012 10 24 . retrieved 2012 10 28 . usl . awards . unitedspirits.in . retrieved 2013 08 26 . default . themasterblender.com . retrieved 2013 08 26 . briggs bunting jane and ned geeslin yo ho ho and a bottle of mumm people 16 november 1987 pp. 143 145 external links edit whyte and mackay official site article about whyte and mackay dr. whisky on whyte and mackay v t e united spirits related companies united breweries group diageo shaw wallace whyte and mackay spirits brands vodka pinky romanov vladivar white mischief whisky antiquity bagpiper mcdowell s no. 1 mcdowell s no. 1 platinum royal challenge signature director s special dsp black scotch black dog rum mcdowell s no. 1 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