BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION
Ownership & governance
Executives 5Directors 10Avg age 58Avg tenure 5.9y
LW
Lawson Whiting
Chief Executive Officer
Age 57Since 2018-12-31Profile →
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Executives5
Board of directors10
LW
Lawson Whiting→
Director/Board Member
Age 57Since 2018-11-14
MR
Michael Roney→
Director/Board Member
Age 72Since 2014-03-26
MT
Michael Todman→
Director/Board Member
Age 68Since 2014-07-23
CB
Campbell Brown→
Chairman
Age 58Since 2021-07-21
MF
Marshall Farrer→
Chairman
Age 55Since 2025-07-23
TS
Tracy Skeans→
Director/Board Member
Age 53Since 2018-03-20
JS
Jan Singer→
Director/Board Member
Age 62Since 2022-01-24
MC
Mark Clouse→
Director/Board Member
Age 58Since 2022-11-16
Shareholders4
| Name | Stake | Shares |
|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 5.055 % | 14,672,328 |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 4.591 % | 13,325,235 |
| Van Eck Associates Corp. | 4.258 % | 12,358,531 |
| STATE STREET CORPORATION | 3.444 % | 9,995,297 |
Catalog · 2026-07-09
Registry officers15
| Name | Role | Since | Shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell Brown | Chairman | 2021-07-21 | - |
| James Peters | Director of Finance/CFO | 2026-03-31 | - |
| Lawson Whiting | Chief Executive Officer | 2018-12-31 | - |
| Marshall Farrer | Chairman | 2025-07-23 | - |
| Tim Nall | Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | 2010-04-30 | - |
| Elizabeth Brown | Director/Board Member | 2023-07-26 | - |
| Elizabeth Smith | Director/Board Member | 2023-01-23 | - |
| Jan Singer | Director/Board Member | 2022-01-24 | - |
Registry · as of 2026-07-09
Group companies
| Name | Category |
|---|---|
| Brown-Forman Worldwide LLC (Kentucky) | Beverages: Alcoholic |
| Brown-Forman Netherlands BV | Food Distributors |
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Street consensus
Consensus holdMean target 28.26Range 20–35Analysts 17
20Mean 28.2635
- Strong buy 1
- Buy 1
- Hold 12
- Sell 2
- Strong sell 2
Broker actions40 of 134
| Firm | Action | To | Target | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UBS | Maintained | Neutral | 30 | 2026-09-04 |
| JP Morgan | Maintained | Underweight | 25 | 2026-09-03 |
| TD Cowen | Reiterated | Hold | 29 | 2026-09-03 |
| RBC Capital | Reiterated | Sector Perform | 27 | 2026-09-03 |
| RBC Capital | Reiterated | Sector Perform | 27 | 2026-09-01 |
| Barclays | Maintained | Equal-Weight | 28 | 2026-08-27 |
| JP Morgan | Maintained | Underweight | 26 | 2026-08-21 |
| Citigroup | Maintained | Neutral | 28 | 2026-08-03 |
| TD Cowen | Maintained | Hold | 29 | 2026-06-26 |
| Barclays | Downgrade | Equal-Weight | 27 | 2026-06-25 |
| Barclays | Maintained | Overweight | 27 | 2026-06-08 |
| BNP Paribas | Maintained | Underperform | 20 | 2026-06-05 |
Firm rows and rating mix from Yahoo Finance; mean target is Yahoo’s aggregate until OpenFilings derives consensus from broker rows.