Philip Chadwick

Bacardi, Limited is one of the world's most storied distillers, with 5,000 employees in offices on five continents and another 100 in the company headquarters in Hamilton, Bermuda. The headquarters is part of a worldwide leased private network that connects all Bacardi offices around the globe. The network facilitates the company's main business applications, including Lotus Notes/Domino, Oracle, JD Edwards, and SAP. These applications are used to control the business units within the company, including distilling, bottling, distribution, and finances. Bacardi's Colorful History Bacardi y Compañía was founded by Don Facundo Bacardi in Santiago, Cuba in 1862. Over the next century the company survived exile, legal attacks on their brand, and three major wars - the Spanish-American War and World Wars I and II. It was during the Spanish-American War of 1898 that members... (more)