Jim Koch
Jim Koch | |
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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 (
Early life
Koch was born in
Career
He is a former consultant with
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
Personal life
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]
Works cited
- Koch, James (2016). Quench Your Own Thirst: Business Lessons Learned Over a Beer or Two. New York: LCCN 2015046334.
References
- ^ a b The Boston Beer Company (June 15, 2011). "Charles Koch, Director of The Boston Beer Company Dies at 88" (Press release). PR Newswire. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
- ^ a b c Brooks, Jay R. "The Oxford Companion to Beer definition of Koch, Jim". Craft Beer & Brewing. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
Jim Koch was born in Cincinnati in 1949...
- ^ Brooks, Jay (May 27, 2022). "Beer Birthday: Jim Koch". Brookston Beer Bulletin. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
- ^ a b "Jim Koch". Forbes. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ^ a b "Story Details - Alumni - Harvard Business School". May 11, 2017.
- ^ "People: Boston Beer Company Inc (SAM)". Reuters. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
- ^ BRAHAM, DAVID (September 28, 2017). "BOOK REVIEWS: QUENCH YOUR THIRST, DISTILLED, THE DESTRUCTIVE POWER OF FAMILY WEALTH". campdenFB. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- National Archives.
- ^ Andersen, Travis; Chesto, Jon (August 9, 2018). "Boston Beer boss tells Trump that tax cut helps his company 'kick ass'". The Boston Globe. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
- ^ Koch 2016, p. 102: "My wife Susan and I split up as I was launching the company."
- ^ Gerber, Scott (October 21, 2015). "The Unlikely Sales Incentive That Launched Sam Adams Beer". Inc.com.
- ^ Koch 2016, p. 118: "My wife Cynthia (whom I had married in 1994 and was an entrepreneur herself)..."
- ^ "CNN.com - Career - Samuel Adams brewer Jim Koch: Beer career - March 16, 2001". www.cnn.com.
- ^ "Newton resident Jim Koch thanks Trump for lowering taxes | Village 14". August 8, 2018. Archived from the original on November 20, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
- ^ Williams, DeMarco. "Samuel Adams Founder Jim Koch Talks Beer And Boston". Forbes.
- RateBeer. February 22, 2002. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
Sources
- "About Us". The Boston Beer Company. Archived from the original on November 10, 2006.
- Cortese, Amy (December 5, 2008). "It's all about the beer, and independence". The New York Times.
- Kesmodel, David (April 19, 2010). "Revolutionizing American beer". The Wall Street Journal.
- Allen, Jamie (March 16, 2001). "Samuel Adams brewer Jim Koch: Beer career". CNN.com/Career. Archived from the originalon May 3, 2001. Retrieved July 1, 2014.