Jim Koch

C. James Koch (/kʊk/; born May 27, 1949) is an American entrepreneur, the co-founder and chairman of the Boston Beer Company, the producers of Samuel Adams beer.

Jim Koch
Jim Koch, 2013
Born	May 27, 1949 Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Nationality	American
Education	Harvard University
Occupation	Businessman
Known for	Co-founder and chairman of the Boston Beer Company
Spouse(s)	Susan (div.) Cynthia Fisher ​ (m. 1994)​

Early life

Koch was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to Charles Joseph Koch Jr and Dorothy Kautz Koch.[1]

Koch earned a Bachelor of Arts, Juris Doctor, and Master of Business Administration from Harvard University.

Career

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.[2]

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.[3]

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."[4][5]

Personal life

Koch was married to Susan but had split up around the time that he launched the company.[6][7] He remarried to entrepreneur Cynthia Fisher in 1994.[8][9] He has two children from his first marriage and two from his second.[10] They live in Newton, Massachusetts.[11][12]

Koch is unrelated to Stone Brewing Co. cofounder Greg Koch.[13]

Works cited

• Koch, James (2016). Quench Your Own Thirst: Business lessons learned over a beer or two. New York: Flatiron Books. ISBN 978-1-250-07050-0. LCCN 2015046334.

References

1. "Charles Koch Obituary - Cincinnati, OH | The Cincinnati Enquirer".
2. "People: Boston Beer Company Inc (SAM)". Retrieved 13 May 2017.
3. BRAHAM, DAVID (28 September 2017). "BOOK REVIEWS: QUENCH YOUR THIRST, DISTILLED, THE DESTRUCTIVE POWER OF FAMILY WEALTH". campdenFB. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
4. "Remarks by President Trump Before Dinner with Business Leaders". The White House. 2018-08-08. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
5. Andersen, Travis; Chesto, Jon (2018-08-09). "Boston Beer boss tells Trump that tax cut helps his company 'kick ass'". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
6. Koch 2016, p. 102
7. Gerber, Scott (October 21, 2015). "The Unlikely Sales Incentive That Launched Sam Adams Beer". Inc.com.
8. Koch 2016, p. 118
9. "Story Details - Alumni - Harvard Business School".
10. "CNN.com - Career - Samuel Adams brewer Jim Koch: Beer career - March 16, 2001". www.cnn.com.
11. "Newton resident Jim Koch thanks Trump for lowering taxes | Village 14". August 8, 2018.
12. Williams, DeMarco. "Samuel Adams Founder Jim Koch Talks Beer And Boston". Forbes.
13. "Greg Koch". RateBeer. February 22, 2002. Retrieved October 26, 2017.

Sources

• "About Us". The Boston Beer Company. Archived from the original on 2006-11-10.
• 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 original on May 3, 2001. Retrieved July 1, 2014.