Jim Koch | |
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Born | Charles James Koch May 27, 1949
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
Education | Harvard University |
Occupation | Businessman |
Known for | Co-founder and chairman of the Boston Beer Company |
Spouses | |
Children | 4 |
Charles James Koch ( /kʊk/ KUUK; born May 27, 1949) [1] [2] [3] is an American entrepreneur, billionaire, and the co-founder and chairman of the Boston Beer Company, the producers of Samuel Adams beer. Koch is widely considered to be a founding father of the American craft brewing movement. [4]
Koch was born in Cincinnati on May 27, 1949, [2] one of four children born to German-American parents Charles and Dorothy Koch (née Kautz). [1] Charles was a fifth-generation brewer. [2] Koch earned a Bachelor of Arts, Juris Doctor, and Master of Business Administration from Harvard University. [5]
He is a former consultant with The Boston Consulting Group. He was formerly an Outward Bound instructor. In 1984, Koch co-founded the Boston Beer Company, the producers of Samuel Adams beer. [6]
Koch took Boston Beer company public in 1995 and owns a 19.5% stake in the company, giving him a net-worth of over $1 billion. In 2023 he was ranked #1905 in Forbes Billionaires 2023. [4]
In 2016, Koch published Quench Your Own Thirst: Business Lessons Learned Over a Beer or Two, in which he discussed how he left his career as a management consultant to start his own brewery using his great-great-grandfather's recipe. [7]
In August 2018, Koch said the corporate tax cut of 2017 helped to play a major role in making Boston Beer Company more competitive in regard to foreign competitors. Koch stated that "When I started Sam Adams, American beer was a joke, and it pissed me off. And now, American brewers make the best beer in the world. And the tax reform was a very big deal for all of us, because 85 percent of the beer made in the United States is owned by foreign companies." [8] [9]
Koch's marriage to his first wife, Susan, ended around the time he started the Boston Beer Company. [10] [11] He remarried to entrepreneur Cynthia Fisher in 1994. [12] [5] He has two children from his first marriage and two from his second. [13] They live in Newton, Massachusetts. [14] [15]
Koch is unrelated to Stone Brewing Co. cofounder Greg Koch. [16]
Jim Koch was born in Cincinnati in 1949...
Jim Koch | |
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Born | Charles James Koch May 27, 1949
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
Education | Harvard University |
Occupation | Businessman |
Known for | Co-founder and chairman of the Boston Beer Company |
Spouses | |
Children | 4 |
Charles James Koch ( /kʊk/ KUUK; born May 27, 1949) [1] [2] [3] is an American entrepreneur, billionaire, and the co-founder and chairman of the Boston Beer Company, the producers of Samuel Adams beer. Koch is widely considered to be a founding father of the American craft brewing movement. [4]
Koch was born in Cincinnati on May 27, 1949, [2] one of four children born to German-American parents Charles and Dorothy Koch (née Kautz). [1] Charles was a fifth-generation brewer. [2] Koch earned a Bachelor of Arts, Juris Doctor, and Master of Business Administration from Harvard University. [5]
He is a former consultant with The Boston Consulting Group. He was formerly an Outward Bound instructor. In 1984, Koch co-founded the Boston Beer Company, the producers of Samuel Adams beer. [6]
Koch took Boston Beer company public in 1995 and owns a 19.5% stake in the company, giving him a net-worth of over $1 billion. In 2023 he was ranked #1905 in Forbes Billionaires 2023. [4]
In 2016, Koch published Quench Your Own Thirst: Business Lessons Learned Over a Beer or Two, in which he discussed how he left his career as a management consultant to start his own brewery using his great-great-grandfather's recipe. [7]
In August 2018, Koch said the corporate tax cut of 2017 helped to play a major role in making Boston Beer Company more competitive in regard to foreign competitors. Koch stated that "When I started Sam Adams, American beer was a joke, and it pissed me off. And now, American brewers make the best beer in the world. And the tax reform was a very big deal for all of us, because 85 percent of the beer made in the United States is owned by foreign companies." [8] [9]
Koch's marriage to his first wife, Susan, ended around the time he started the Boston Beer Company. [10] [11] He remarried to entrepreneur Cynthia Fisher in 1994. [12] [5] He has two children from his first marriage and two from his second. [13] They live in Newton, Massachusetts. [14] [15]
Koch is unrelated to Stone Brewing Co. cofounder Greg Koch. [16]
Jim Koch was born in Cincinnati in 1949...