Who owns Borgoe?
Borgoe is owned by SAB (Suriname).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Suriname Alcoholic Beverages N.V. — Discover Us. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Suriname Alcoholic Beverages N.V. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇸🇷 Suriname, Paramaribo
- Origin
- 🇸🇷 Suriname
- Founded
- 1982
- Category
- Beverages › Spirits › Rum
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Borgoe
Borgoe is Suriname's signature rum family, introduced in 1982 to mark a century of the Mariënburg sugar enterprise. The core expression, Borgoe Gold, is aged two to three years in oak and then blended to a velvety profile with notes of wood and caramel, bottled at 40% (38% in the European Union), and it is the base of Borgoe-Cola, the national mixed drink. Above it sit Borgoe Extra and the Reserve Collection at eight, twelve and fifteen years, and SAB issues commemorative bottlings such as the CARICOM 50th anniversary rum and the Borgoe 1975-2025 Srefidensi Edition, the first bottle of which went to the President of Suriname in November 2025.
Ownership timeline of Borgoe
Where Borgoe sits in SAB
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by SAB
SAB controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
Other brands in rum, and who owns them
The 48 brands in rum on Brandtree belong to 22 owners. The largest is Angostura, with 7; SAB has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Angostura rum | Angostura | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago |
| Blue Label Arrack | DCSL | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
| Admiral Rodney | GBH | 🇲🇶 Martinique |
| Cavalier | Antigua Distillery | 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda |
| Bacardi | Bacardi | 🇧🇲 Bermuda |
| Diamond Reserve | Demerara Distillers | 🇬🇾 Guyana |
| Captain Morgan | Diageo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Havana Club | Pernod Ricard | 🇫🇷 France |
About the owner: SAB
SAB is a privately held company headquartered in Paramaribo, Suriname, founded in 1966. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control.
Suriname Alcoholic Beverages is the Surinamese distiller behind Borgoe, established on 17 November 1966 as Surinaams Alcohol Bedrijf N.V. on the bank of the Suriname River and renamed in 2002 to reflect its growing export trade. Its rum heritage runs back further, to the Mariënburg sugar enterprise founded in the Commewijne district in 1882, which supplied it with molasses until the sugar factory closed in 1986; SAB built its own distillery in 1989 to keep Surinamese rum production going, automated bottling in 1999 and is building a new fermentation and distillation plant. It produces rum, vodka and other spirits from sugarcane molasses at Paramaribo, and Borgoe is a household name both in Suriname and among the Surinamese diaspora in the Netherlands.
🇸🇷 Borgoe and other Surinamese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 7 brands that began in Suriname. All of them are controlled from Suriname.
- Surinam Airways — Surinam Airways 🇸🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Borgoe?
The parent company of Borgoe is SAB, a privately held company headquartered in Suriname.
Is Borgoe Surinamese?
Yes. Borgoe originated in Suriname in 1982 and its owner, SAB, is also headquartered in Suriname.
Is Borgoe still owned by SAB?
Yes. As of 20 September 2026, Borgoe is still owned by SAB. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Suriname Alcoholic Beverages N.V. — Discover Us — Suriname Alcoholic Beverages N.V., Official document; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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