Is GUINESS Book Of World Records and GUINESS Beer Owned By The Same People?!
Answers: Just wanted to know if they are the same company.
Very good question =) I actually didn't know the answer, so I had to do a little research =)
The Guinness company also produced the Guinness Book of Records, which originated in 1955 when a debate in a pub after a hunt could not be settled with existing reference books.
After merger with the firms of Arthur Bell and United Distillers, the firm became Guinness PLC, and was no longer headed by a family member.
It combined with Grand Metropolitan to form Diageo PLC in 1997, at which point the Book of Records was sold to Gullane Entertainment, which in turn was purchased in 2002 by the book's current publishers, HIT Entertainment.