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For the Brazilian billionaires who built 3G Capital, one major acquisition per industry isn’t enough.
They combined Latin American brewers, then engineered an $11 billion merger with Belgium’s Interbrew NV in 2004. They followed that up in 2008 with the $52 billion union with Anheuser-Busch Cos. to form the world’s largest beer manufacturer. Last year, 3G-owned Burger King Worldwide Inc. purchased Canadian coffee-and-doughnut chain Tim Hortons Inc.