FEMSA

Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V.

Company type	Sociedad Anónima Bursátil de Capital Variable
Traded as	BMV: FEMSA NYSE: FMX (ADR)
Industry	Beverage, Retail
Founded	1974; 50 years ago (1974)
Headquarters	Monterrey, Nuevo León , Mexico
Area served	Latin America and the United States
Key people	José Antonio Fernández (Chairman) Eduardo Padilla Silva (CEO) John Anthony Santa María Otazúa (CEO of Coca-Cola FEMSA)[1] Carlos Arenas (CEO of OXXO)
Revenue	MXN$506.7 billion (2019)
Net income	MXN$28.0 billion (2019)
Total assets	MXN$637.5 billion (2019)
Number of employees	+230,000
Divisions	Coca-Cola FEMSA FEMSA Comercio FEMSA Negocios Estrategicos Heineken (8%)[2]

Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V., doing business as FEMSA, is a Mexican multinational beverage and retail company headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico. It operates the largest independent Coca-Cola bottling group in the world and the largest convenience store chain in Mexico. It is also a shareholder of Heineken N.V.

FEMSA reported revenues of US$26.9 billion for 2019, making it the fifth largest company of Mexico.^[3] It has operations in Latin America mainly through bottling plants, convenience stores, drugstores, fuel stations, and third-party logistic services, and in the United States, where it participates in the jan-san distribution industry. It is well known in Mexico for its convenience store chain Oxxo, it previously owned Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery (exchanged in 2010 for a 20% stake in Heineken N.V.), and for being the owner of C.F. Monterrey, a Liga MX football team.

FEMSA has been listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange since 1978 and on the NYSE through ADRs since 1998. It is a constituent of the IPC, the main benchmark index of the Mexican Stock Exchange, and of the S&P Latin America 40, which includes leading, blue chip companies from Latin America.