Anheuser-Busch CEO Shifts Focus, Compensates Workers Amid Transgender Backlash

Bud Light beer cans sit on a table in right field during the Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Md., on Sept. 19, 2019. Rob Carr/Getty Images

The parent company of Bud Light announced it would compensate workers amid a backlash targeting the beer after it decided to partner with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney.

“The situation impacts really the front-line workers more than anybody else,” Michel Doukeris, the CEO of Anheuser-Busch InBev, told the Wall Street Journal on Thursday.