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This guy made water look like beer and built a $1.4 billion brand. $1.4 billion. Official Iced Tea of Arizona. This guy made water look like beer and built a $1.4 billion brand. The Venture. Mike. Mike Cessario. In 2009. The Venture. Mike is an ad man. Warped Tour Punk Festival. Monster sponsors the stage. Refill Monster cans. And Mike can't unsee it. Junk food gets all the cool branding. And the healthiest drink gets none. Nine years later. $1,500. Liquid Death. Mountain Water. Drinking water from the Alps. On a commercial for a water called Liquid Death. But the product doesn't exist. Is a Miller Lite. Angled to hide the label. He posted on Facebook. And 3 million people watch. Now 80,000 people follow a brand that sells nothing. Executives tell him beer can water will confuse people. And stores will never shelve it. But strangers keep begging to buy. So investors hand him $1.6 million. 2015 year. And in 2019. It launches. Like an entertainment company. That happens to sell water. The cans say Murder Your Thirst. And the ads play like horror comedies. It becomes the best selling still water on Amazon. To mix his blood into paint for 100 skateboards. And the boards sell out in 20 minutes. Then concert giant Live Nation pours it at 120 festivals. The same stages where bands once hid water in Monster cans. The Venture. Liquid Death's Billion-Dollar Valuation Stresses Valuated at over $1.4 billion. By Dr. Marcus Collins, Contributor. I study... Published Mar 20, 2024, 07:30am EDT. Updated Mar 20, 2024, 09:53am EDT. This article is more than 2 years old. Liquid Death is worth $1.4 billion. And sells in 113,000 stores. All from a commercial that costs $1,500.