Type | Family business |
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Industry | Beverages |
Founded | 1878 |
Headquarters | Wolfenbüttel |
Key people | Paolo Dell'Antonio (Chairman of the Board), Günter Mast (Managing Director), Jack Blecker |
Products | Kräuterliköre (Jägermeister und SchlehenFeuer) |
Revenue | 266 Million Euro (2005) |
Website | www.jaegermeister.de |
Mast-Jägermeister SE is a privately held corporation whose shares are held by the Findel-Mast family. The corporate offices are located in Wolfenbüttel. Günter Mast was the managing director for many years until his death in 2011.
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Wilhelm Mast founded Mast-Jägermeister SE (then an AG) in Wolfenbüttel. His son Curt Mast developed the recipe for the herb flavored 70-proof (35%) liqueur Jägermeister, which he first brought to market in 1935.
Jägermeister is the primary product of Mast-Jägermeister SE. They also produce the lesser known SchlehenFeuer. In the past, they manufactured a multitude of liquors and liqueurs.
Mast-Jägermeister SE produced 76.5 million 0.7 liter bottles in the financial year 2006 and grew by 15 percent over the year 2005. Most of the production (56.6 million) was exported to over 70 countries world-wide.