Ken Grossman (born November 11, 1954) is an American billionaire businessman, founder of
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. was established in 1979 by homebrewing, homebrewers Ken Grossman and Paul Camusi in Chico, California, United States. The brewery produced in 2010, and as of 2016, Sierra Nevada Brewing is the seventh-largest Brewery, ...
.
Early life
Grossman was born to a
Jewish
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
family in southern California on November 11, 1954.
He studied at
Butte College
Butte College is a public community college in the Butte-Glenn Community College District in Chico and Orland, California.
History
After the passage of the 1960 Donahoe Act, the voters of Butte County created a local community college d ...
and
California State University, Chico
California State University, Chico, or commonly, Chico State, is a public university in Chico, California. Founded in 1887, it is the second oldest campus in the California State University system. As of the fall 2020 semester, the university had ...
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Career
In 1978, Grossman founded Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, California with Paul Camusi.
In 1998, he bought out Camusi.
Personal life
Grossman and his wife Katie (née Gonser) have three children and live in
Chico, California
Chico ( ; Spanish for "little") is the most populous city in Butte County, California. Located in the Sacramento Valley region of Northern California, the city had a population of 101,475 in the 2020 census, reflecting an increase from 86,18 ...
. His son Brian and daughter Sierra will run the company when he retires.
His son Brian moved to North Carolina to manage the new Sierra Nevada Brewery in
Mills River, North Carolina
Mills River is a town in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 6,802 at the 2010 census, and was estimated to be 7,406 in 2019.https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/millsrivertownnorthcarolina/PST045218 The to ...
which began production in 2014.
His wife Katie is a
teetotaler
Teetotalism is the practice or promotion of total personal abstinence from the psychoactive drug alcohol, specifically in alcoholic drinks. A person who practices (and possibly advocates) teetotalism is called a teetotaler or teetotaller, or i ...
.
References
1954 births
Living people
American billionaires
20th-century American Jews
American brewers
21st-century American Jews
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