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Key Takeaways:
The new Netflix show House of Guinness follows the fourth generation of the Guinness family—Arthur IV, Edward, Anne, and Ben—as they inherit the Irish brewing business.
The original Arthur Guinness founded the beer giant in the 1750s after signing a 9,000-year lease for an abandoned brewery in Dublin.
By 1868, when Arthur IV, Edward, Anne, and Ben were in line to take over, the brewery had already become an international success that survived an internal sex scandal.
When Benjamin Guinness, the figurehead of Ireland’s most recognizable brewery, dies, his four children must battle for control of the business and preserve his family’s legacy.
This unique succession story is the basis for House of Guinness , the new Netflix series from P