Dividend payments go to Dietrich Mateschitz and family of Chaleo Yoovidhya
The energy drinks company Red Bull has paid out more than €550m (£493m) to its founders, including the family of a former Thai duck farmer who invented the popular drink as a “hangover cure” in 1976.
The company, which is also known for its Formula One motor racing team and sponsorship of extreme sports, has paid €211.4m in annual dividends to the family of Chaleo Yoovidhya, the drink’s inventor, who died in 2012.