Who owns Sailor Jerry?
Sailor Jerry is owned by William Grant & Sons (the United Kingdom).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Product Information | William Grant & Sons, William Grant & Sons Ltd. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- William Grant & Sons Ltd reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Dufftown, Scotland
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1999
- Category
- Beverages › Spirits › Rum
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Sailor Jerry
Sailor Jerry is a spiced rum named after Norman Collins, the Honolulu tattoo artist whose flash designs shaped American traditional tattooing. The brand licenses his artwork, and its identity rests more on that heritage than on the rum itself. William Grant & Sons owns it, and it is bottled at a higher strength than most spiced rums.
Ownership timeline of Sailor Jerry
- Current owner William Grant & Sons [1] reported
Where Sailor Jerry sits in William Grant & Sons
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by William Grant & Sons
William Grant & Sons controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Glenfiddich (1887)
- Hendrick's (1999)
- Monkey Shoulder (2005)
- The Balvenie (1892)
- Tullamore D.E.W. (1829)
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.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Angostura rum | Angostura | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago |
| Blue Label Arrack | DCSL | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
| Admiral Rodney | GBH | 🇲🇶 Martinique |
| Black Cat | SAB | 🇸🇷 Suriname |
| Cavalier | Antigua Distillery | 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda |
| Bacardi | Bacardi | 🇧🇲 Bermuda |
| Diamond Reserve | Demerara Distillers | 🇬🇾 Guyana |
| Captain Morgan | Diageo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
About the owner: William Grant & Sons
William Grant & Sons is a family-owned company headquartered in Dufftown, Scotland, United Kingdom, founded in 1887. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control.
William Grant & Sons was founded in 1887 when a Dufftown accountant built a distillery with his family by hand over a year, using second-hand equipment. It is one of the last large Scotch whisky companies still independent and family-owned, now in its fifth generation.
William Grant & Sons: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Sailor Jerry and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,550 brands that began in the United States. 479 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Sailor Jerry among them.
- 7UP — PepsiCo 🇺🇸
- 7UP (United States) — Keurig Dr Pepper 🇺🇸
- Alani Nu — Celsius Holdings 🇺🇸
- André — Gallo 🇺🇸
- Angry Orchard — Boston Beer 🇺🇸
- Apple & Eve — Lassonde 🇨🇦
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Sailor Jerry?
The parent company of Sailor Jerry is William Grant & Sons, a family-owned company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Sailor Jerry American or British?
Sailor Jerry originated in the United States in 1999, but it is owned today by William Grant & Sons, which is headquartered in the United Kingdom. So Sailor Jerry is an American-origin brand under British ownership.
Is Sailor Jerry still owned by William Grant & Sons?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Sailor Jerry is still owned by William Grant & Sons. 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] Product Information | William Grant & Sons — William Grant & Sons Ltd, Official document; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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