Who owns Whyte & Mackay?
Whyte & Mackay is owned by Emperador (the Philippines, PSE: EMI), which has owned the brand since 31 October 2014.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Emperador Inc. 2025 Annual & Sustainability Report. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Emperador Inc. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇵🇭 Philippines, Quezon City
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Category
- Beverages › Spirits › Whisky & bourbon
- Parent ticker
- PSE: EMI
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Whyte & Mackay
Whyte & Mackay is a blended Scotch whisky and also the name of the Glasgow-based group that makes it, which runs four malt distilleries and the Invergordon grain distillery and owns The Dalmore, Jura, Fettercairn and Tamnavulin. Emperador bought the group from United Spirits (Great Britain) Limited in a deal signed on 9 May 2014 and closed on 31 October 2014 for 30.3 billion pesos.
Ownership timeline of Whyte & Mackay
Where Whyte & Mackay sits in Emperador
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Emperador
Emperador controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
Other brands in whisky & bourbon, and who owns them
The 71 brands in whisky & bourbon on Brandtree belong to 26 owners. The largest is Diageo, with 9; Emperador has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Buchanan's | Diageo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Black Velvet | Heaven Hill | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Blood Oath | MGP | 🇺🇸 United States |
| anCnoc | ThaiBev | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Hibiki | Suntory | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Glenfiddich | William Grant & Sons | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Jack Daniel's | Brown-Forman | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Highland Park | Edrington | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
About the owner: Emperador
Emperador is a publicly listed company headquartered in Quezon City, Philippines, founded in 2001. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as PSE: EMI.
Emperador is a Philippine spirits company whose flagship, Emperador Brandy, its 2025 report calls the world's best-selling brandy by volume. It became an international whisky and brandy owner through two purchases: the Whyte and Mackay group, maker of The Dalmore and Jura, from United Spirits in October 2014, and Beam Suntory's Fundador brandy and sherry business in Jerez in February 2016. Its shares are listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange and, since July 2022, in Singapore, and it is a subsidiary of Alliance Global Group.
🇬🇧 Whyte & Mackay and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 571 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 297 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Whyte & Mackay among them.
- Badger — Hall & Woodhouse 🇬🇧
- Balblair — ThaiBev 🇹🇭
- Beefeater — Pernod Ricard 🇫🇷
- Bishops Finger — Shepherd Neame 🇬🇧
- Bombay Sapphire — Bacardi 🇧🇲
- Boost — A.G. Barr 🇬🇧
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Whyte & Mackay?
The parent company of Whyte & Mackay is Emperador, a publicly listed company headquartered in the Philippines.
Is Whyte & Mackay British or Filipino?
Whyte & Mackay originated in the United Kingdom, but it is owned today by Emperador, which is headquartered in the Philippines. So Whyte & Mackay is a British-origin brand under Filipino ownership.
Since when has Emperador owned Whyte & Mackay?
Emperador has owned Whyte & Mackay since 31 October 2014.
Is Whyte & Mackay still owned by Emperador?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Whyte & Mackay is still owned by Emperador. 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] Emperador Inc. 2025 Annual & Sustainability Report — Emperador Inc., Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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