A million dollars isnât cool. You know whatâs cool? A billion dollars. Just ask George Clooney.
The new dad, along with friends and co-founders Rande Gerber and Mike Meldman, just sold his tequila company Casamigos to alcohol beverage giant Diageo for â you guessed it â a whopping $1 billion, CNBC reports.
Just drink that in like a shot of smooth, no-burn tequila.
Casamigos, which the trio started in 2013, was born âby accident,â and has been a huge success, as far as liquor brands go. While they wouldnât share sales information, Gerber told CNBC in November 2016 that it was âthe fastest growing ultra-premium tequila in the country.â
Thatâs probably why Diageo was willing to shell out $700 million dollars, with the potential to pay out another $300 million pending sales.
For his part, Clooney assured customers in an e-mail to CNBC that the trio would not be leaving the company.
âIf you asked us four years ago if we had a billion dollar company, I donât think we would have said yes,â he said. âThis reflects Diageoâs belief in our company and our belief in Diageo. But weâre not going anywhere. Weâll still be very much a part of Casamigos. Starting with a shot tonight. Maybe two.â
Yeah, sounds about right. Of course, itâs impossible not to feel just a pang of ârich just keep getting richerâ jealousy, put best by way of Twitter sarcasm:
Now, if youâll excuse us, weâll be here trying to calculate how many margaritas we could buy with $1 billion.