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Jul 21, 2008

InBev CEO Brito: Brazil to Belgium to Bud

The man who would be King of Beers is a no-frills leader without a company car or even his own desk.

Carlos Brito, chief executive of brewer InBev SA, says he doesn't care for perks _ and neither should the people who work for him.

'I don't want the company to give me free beer; I can buy my own beer,' he told Stanford MBA students earlier this year.

Brito, who will be leading Anheuser-Busch after the company agreed to InBev's $52 billion takeover offer, has been described as 'an American-style' manager who is fiercely private and admits himself that he did not always get 'the people thing,' when he started off in sales.

Read full story from The Associated Press

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