Danny Denzongpa owns India’s third largest beer brand
Danny Denzongpa owns India’s third largest beer brand
Earlier the income of Bollywood actors was only through films and they made good money and some brand endorsements. However, with time Bollywood celebs have multiplied their sources of income via investments in properties, start-ups, and also establishing their own production houses.
But there is one actor who has been wedded to Bollywood for over 50 years and has done 190 films. He made his debut as an actor with
the 1971 released film ‘Zaroorat’. And besides doing films was also into business. He is a shrewd bizman and dominates the beer market in the North-East
He owns Yuksom Breweries founded by him in 1987 in South Sikkim.
His current net worth, as per media reports, is $10 million (approximately Rs 83 crore).
As for his business, Danny Denzongpa’s Yuksom Breweries is the force behind manufacturing popular products such as He-Man 9000, Dansberg Diet, Dansberg 9000, and Dansberg 16000, among others.
The operation that began in 1987 was multiplied by Danny Denzongpa as he set up another brewery in Odisha called Denzong Breweries in 2005. However, his business’s turning point came when he acquired Assam’s Rhino Agencies, a two-month-old brewery for nearly Rs 40 crore.
This move was a smart one on Danny Denzongpa’s behalf as it not only cemented his position in the Northeast but also deterred Vijay Mallya’s alcohol company from entering the market.
Reports state that the three breweries that Danny Denzongpa owns, produce close to 6.8 lakh HL of alcohol per year. Yuksom Breweries is also the third-largest beer company in India, contributing a whopping Rs 100 crore to the northeastern region’s economy per year.
Other prominent actors who have ventured into the spirit market with their own liquor brands include Sanjay Dutt, George Clooney, Drake, Dwayne Johnson, Nick Jonas (husband of Priyanka Chopra), and Ryan Reynolds.
In 2023, Sanjay Dutt launched his own Scotch whiskey called The Glenwalk.
News Edit KV Raman
