Since 1998, Aqua has been owned by a multinational company in the French food and beverage sector, the Danone Group, the result of the merger of PT Aqua Golden Mississippi with Danone.

Aqua was founded by Tirto Utomo (1930-1994), a native citizen of Wonosobo who, after leaving work from Pertamina, worked in Petronas, establishing a bottled drinking water (AMDK) business.

Tirto contributed greatly to the development of the business or business of bottled drinking water in Indonesia, because as a pioneer the deceased succeeded in instilling the values ​​and perspective of the AMDK business in Indonesia.