Jas Hennessy & Co., or more simply Hennessy, is a cognac house with headquarters in Cognac, France. Jas Hennessy & Co. sells about 50 million bottles a year worldwide, or more than 40 percent of the world’s cognac, making it the world's largest cognac producer. It is owned by Moët Hennessy, which is in turn owned by LVMH (66%) and Diageo (34%).
The Hennessy cognac distillery was founded by Irishman Richard Hennessy in 1765. During the 1970s, Kilian Hennessy, a fifth generation direct descendent of Hennessy, became the CEO of Hennessy, succeeding his first cousin Maurice-Richard. Kilian Hennessy spearheaded the company's 1971 merger with Moët et Chandon, which created Moët Hennessy.
Moët Hennessy merged with Louis Vuitton in 1987, creating one of the world's largest luxury brand conglomerates, Louis Vuitton • Moët-Hennessy or LVMH. In 1988, a management crisis led to the group's takeover by Bernard Arnault, owner of the haute couture house Christian Dior, with the support of Guinness. Kilian Hennessy remained on the company's advisory board until his death in 2010 at the age of 103.
Hennessy is a 1975 British thriller film directed by Don Sharp and starring Rod Steiger, Trevor Howard, Lee Remick, Richard Johnson, Peter Egan, Stanley Lebor and Patrick Stewart.
After the death of his family during a riot in Belfast, Niall Hennessy comes up with a plan to blow up the British Houses of Parliament.
Production finished in September 1974.
Hennessy or Hennessey may refer to:
(Booty Man speaks with a drunken slur)
(phone ringing)
Curtis: Hello?
Jay-Ski: Yo, may I speak to Curtis?
Curtis: Curtis? Yeah, this me!
Jay-Ski: Yo, what up, fool, yo, we goin' to get some Hennessy, man, you want some?
Curtis: Hennessy? Yeah, I like Hennessy. Wrote a song about it. Wanna hear it?
Jay-Ski: Naw.
Curtis: Here it go.
Jay-Ski: Nah, man
Curtis: Here it go.
(Track starts here)
[Hennessy...]
Booty Man: Yeah, this is Booty Man in the house, right, tell you a lil' sumn'...
Hennessy, hennessy
Hennessy, hennessy (Here it go)
Hennessy
Lord, I wanna get messed up
With E&J inside my cup
Although I am black and proud,
The cognac has got me actin' ignorant
Brothers just have to keep messin' up
Why do they gotta get pissy drunk?
For some strange reason it had to be
I had to drink that Hennessy, now
Take me to another bar, take me to a APC
So, I can get a 2-liter Coke and 1/5 of Hennessy
Take me to another bar, drop me off to the APC
So, I can get a 2-liter Coke and 1/5 of Hennessy
Curtis: The Rotweiller? He went to Max Liquors.
Lemonhead? He went to the Edgewood Lounge. Rico?
He went to get some beer and cashews. Some beer and cashews!
Booty Man:
Help me. Wont you help me?
Would you help me find my waaaaay home?
My momma ain't home...
(Dial tone)
Curtis: Heh heh heh heh ... you like it? Hello?
Operator: If you'd like to make ...
Curtis: He mussa hung up.
Operator: ... a call, please hang up and try again.