Another speaker, Frédéric de Mevius, a member of the eight generation of family ownership of global brewing and beverage group Anheuser-Busch InBev (a company that traces its origins back to 1366) and a director of the family holding company EPS, outlined the strategies and structures which have supported long-term family continuity and prosperity in the face of generational change, economic crises and political upheavals, enabling them to stay in business together across the generations.