Jack Daniel’s maker faces foreign takeover push

(The Center Square) – The company that makes one of America’s most popular whiskey brands is receiving interest from both foreign and domestic buyers.

Louisville-based Brown-Forman, which makes Jack Daniel’s, is in talks with France-based Pernod Ricard while also receiving a competing bid from Sazerac Company, an American company.

A foreign deal would likely be reviewed by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which looks at national security risks.

President Donald Trump has previously moved to block foreign acquisitions of American companies.

“There is credible evidence that leads me to believe that HieFo Corporation, a company organized under the laws of Delaware (HieFo) and controlled by a citizen of the People’s Republic of China … might take action that threatens to impair the national security of the United States,” Trump said in a January 2026 Read Entire Article