Company · Food & Beverage · founded 1984
The Boston Beer Company
American brewery founded in 1984 by Jim Koch and Rhonda Kallman. Its first brand was Samuel Adams, and it listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1995 under the ticker SAM.
Of the 1 person here linked to The Boston Beer Company, 1 is a founder and 1 is still there. 1 of them also appear at Boston Consulting Group. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.
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1 person at The Boston Beer Company
Founder Still there
Role
Founder, Brewer, President, CEO, and Chairman, 1984–now
Also at
Source
· high confidence. The April 10, 2026 proxy statement has him signing as Founder, Brewer, President, CEO, and Chairman. He was CEO from 1984 to January 2001, then again from August 2025 after Michael Spillane stepped down.
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Jim Koch
Founder and chairman of the Boston Beer Company, maker of Samuel Adams, and a pioneer of the American craft-beer movement
comfortable · well-connected · graduate degree
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