George Clooney Sold His Tequila Company For 1 Billion And The Jokes Write Themselves

Spirits entrepreneur and sometime-actor George Clooney cofounded a tequila brand, Casamigos, with his friend, hotelier Rande Gerber, in 2013.
As it turns out, that tequila company was worth wayyyyy more than anyone would’ve guessed: It was just sold to liquor giant Diageo for a whopping $1 billion. The Wall Street Journal estimates Diageo is paying approximately $500 per bottle of the tequila, which retails for about $50 each.
The internet has taken note, and the jokes are flowing in.
God: I apologize for making you go through life as George Clooney, here’s $1 billion.
Clooney: For what?

God: I don’t know, cactus water?

— Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) June 22, 2017
George Clooney had a $1 billion tequila business? No wonder there was no sequel to Out of Sight. https://t.co/wCBaSf8KKW
— Stephen Rodrick (@stephenrodrick) June 21, 2017
George Clooney sold his tequila company for a BILLION DOLLARS and the dude is still starring in Nespresso commercials??
— Jack Coyne (@jackycoyne) June 22, 2017
It would be a nice gesture if George Clooney used some of that billion dollars to give everyone who saw Batman & Robin a refund.
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) June 21, 2017
George Clooney knew of our Batmen rankings and his ascension to billionaire status is him method-acting his way into being Batman again.
— Sishir Chetri (@SishirChetri) June 21, 2017
Finally George Clooney catches a break in life https://t.co/ya4vC5HgST
— Dan Hurley (@ApexHurley) June 21, 2017

We’re just happy that all those years of hard work and uncertainty have paid off for Clooney.

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Kathryn Maier

NYC Food & Drink Editor

Kathryn has eaten her way around the globe, seeking out local delicacies in more than 40 countries and counting. After receiving a Master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, she began writing about travel, food, and drink, and has held editorial roles at luxury publications including Conde Nast Traveler and the Robb Report. When she's in NYC, she can generally be found on a barstool at one of the city's best cocktail bars or at home sipping fine wine with her cat on her lap.