A-B InBev further established its position as the leading beermaker on the globe on Friday with the announcement that the company will buy the remaining stake in Grupo Modelo that it doesn’t already own. The $20.1 billion deal is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2013.

With the acquisition, A-B InBev increases the number of $1 billion brands in its portfolio from 14 to 17. Here is the list.

[table caption=”A-B InBev’s Seventeen $1 Billion Global Brands”]
Rank,Brand,Country of Origin,Est. Retail $ in Billions
1,Bud Light,United States,$10.3
2,Budweiser,United States,$8.4
3,Skol,Brazil,$8.3
4,Corona Extra,Mexico,$7.4
5,Brahma, Brazil,$6.5
6,Antarctica,Brazil,$3.3
7,Stella Artois,Belgium,$2.7
8,Modelo Especial,Mexico,$2.5
9,Busch,United States,$2.3
10,Beck’s,Germany,$2.1
11,Natural Light,United States,$2.0
12,Victoria,Mexico,$1.6
13,Harbin,China,$1.5
14,Michelob family,United States,$1.5
15,Guarana Antarctica,Brazil,$1.3
16,Sedrin,China,$1.3
17,Jupiler,Belgium,$1.2
[attr colspan=”1″],[attr colspan=”1″],Total [attr align=”right”],$64.2
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SOURCE: A-B InBev