Ken Grossman
{{Short description|American businessman}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|11|11}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.{{Cite book |last=Grossman |first=Ken |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/843785584 |title=Beyond the pale : the story of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. |date=2013 |isbn=978-1-118-23557-7 |location=Hoboken |oclc=843785584}}
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| alma mater = Butte College
California State University, Chico
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| known for = Co-founder, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
| spouse = Katie Gonser
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Ken Grossman (born November 11, 1954) is an American businessman and co-founder of Sierra Nevada Brewing Company.
Early life
Grossman was born to a Jewish family[http://forward.com/articles/129798/jews-and-beer/ Jewish Daily Forward: "Jews and Beer" by Leah Koenig] August 3, 2010[http://www.jta.org/2015/03/02/news-opinion/the-telegraph/forbes-billionaires-list-features-new-and-old-jewish-faces Jewish Telegraph Agency: "Forbes’ billionaires list features new and old Jewish faces" By Gabe Friedman] March 2, 2015 in southern California on November 11, 1954.{{cite news|last1=Rivera|first1=Ernesto|title=Q&A: Ken Grossman, owner, founder and president of Sierra Nevada|url=http://theorion.com/blog/2014/10/29/qa-ken-grossman-owner-founder-and-president-of-sierra-nevada/|date= 29 October 2014|accessdate=4 March 2015|work=The Orion}}{{cite book|title=The Oxford Companion to Beer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oWQdjnVo2B0C&pg=PA409|accessdate=4 March 2015|date=9 September 2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-991210-0|pages=409–}} He studied at Butte College{{cite web|title=Ken Grossman - Founder/Owner, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. - Butte College|url=http://californiacommunitycolleges.cccco.edu/Newsroom/NotableAlumni/KenGrossman.aspx|website=CCC|accessdate=4 March 2015|archive-date=March 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315080152/http://californiacommunitycolleges.cccco.edu/Newsroom/NotableAlumni/KenGrossman.aspx|url-status=dead}} and California State University, Chico.{{Cite web |last=Lurie |first=Joshua |date=2010-06-17 |title=Interview: brewmaster Ken Grossman (Sierra Nevada Brewing) |url=https://foodgps.com/qa-with-brewmaster-ken-grossman-sierra-nevada-brewing-co/ |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=Food GPS |language=en-US}}
Career
In 1978, Grossman founded Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, California with Paul Camusi.{{cite web|title=Ken Grossman|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/ken-grossman/|website=Forbes|accessdate=4 March 2015}} In 1998, he bought out Camusi.{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-20/sierra-nevada-founder-grossman-becomes-billionaire-on-pale-ales|title=Sierra Nevada Founder Grossman Becomes Billionaire on Pale Ales|last1=Coffey|first1=Brendan|date=January 20, 2015|work=Bloomberg News|accessdate=March 4, 2015|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.}}
Personal life
Grossman and his wife Katie (née Gonser)[https://web.archive.org/web/20080811025154/http://news.csuchico.edu/2007/12/11/grossman-family-contributes-5000-to-sage-for-environmental-stewardship-prizes/ California State Chico: "Grossman Family Contributes $5,000 to SAGE for Environmental Stewardship Prizes" by Joe Wills] December 11, 2007, have three children and live in Chico, California. 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 which began production in 2014.{{cite news|url=http://allaboutbeer.com/article/sierra-nevada-brian-grossman/|title=Pull up a stool with Brian Grossman|last1=Johnson|first1=Julie|date=January 18, 2014|work=All About Beer|accessdate=September 15, 2015}} His wife Katie is a teetotaler.
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