'''Diageo plc''' er verdens største producent af [[øl]], [[vin]] og [[spirituosa|spiritus]],<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/johnnie-walker-popularity-helps-diageo-to-toast-profits-2063217.html | title=Johnnie Walker popularity helps Diageo to toast profits | access-date=29. august 2010 | publisher=The Independent | location=London | first=James | last=Thompson | date=27. august 2010 | archive-date=28. august 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100828101347/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/johnnie-walker-popularity-helps-diageo-to-toast-profits-2063217.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diageo.com/en-row/ourbrands/categories/Pages/default.aspx|title=Categories|access-date=29. august 2010|publisher=Diageo plc|archive-date=24. august 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824172020/http://www.diageo.com/en-row/ourbrands/categories/Pages/default.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> med hovedkvarter i [[London]], [[Storbritannien]]. Diageo blev dannet i [[1997]] ved en sammenslutning af '''Guinness plc''' og '''Grand Metropolitan plc'''. Ordet '''Diageo''' er en kombination af det [[latin]]ske ord '''''dia''''' (''dag'') med det [[græsk (sprog)|græske]] ord '''''geo''''' (''verden''), hvilket henleder til firmaets mission '''''celebrate life, everyday, everywhere''''', Fejr livet, hver dag, overalt. Firmaet sælger nogle af de bedst sælgende mærker som [[Smirnoff]], [[Baileys]] og [[Guinness]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.diageo.com/en-row/ourbrands/Pages/GlobalPriorityBrands.aspx| title=Global Priority Brands| access-date=29. august 2010| publisher=Diageo plc| archive-date= 4. september 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904015001/http://www.diageo.com/en-row/ourbrands/Pages/GlobalPriorityBrands.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Det ejer også 34% af Moët Hennessy, som ejer mærker som [[Moët & Chandon]], [[Veuve Clicquot]] og [[Hennessy]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.diageo.com/en-row/ourbrands/categories/Pages/Wines.aspx | title=Wines | access-date=29. august 2010 | publisher=Diageo plc | archive-date=24. august 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824195836/http://www.diageo.com/en-row/ourbrands/categories/Pages/Wines.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/leisure/article6145445.ece | title=LVMH denies talk of Diageo bid for Moët Hennessy | access-date=29. august 2010 | publisher=Times Online | location=London | first1=Catherine | last1=Boyle | first2=Dominic | last2=Walsh | date=22. april 2009 | archive-date=11. juni 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611230032/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/leisure/article6145445.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>
Det sælger sine produkter i omtrent 180 lande og har kontor i 80 lande.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diageo.com/en-row/ourbusiness/aboutus/Pages/default.aspx|title=About Us|access-date=29. august 2010|publisher=Diageo plc|archive-date= 8. juli 2013|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6HxrWPAe7?url=http://www.diageo.com/en-row/ourbusiness/aboutus/Pages/default.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Firmaet er noteret på [[London Stock Exchange]] og [[New York Stock Exchange]].
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