AC Golden Brewing names David Coors president, effective May 1.
Coors, 36, takes over AC Golden from co-founder and president Glenn “Knip” Knippenberg, who is retiring. Knippenberg collaborated with David’s father, Pete Coors, to launch the brewery in 2007. Tucked inside the Coors brewery, AC Golden brewed its first beers in 2010 and made nearly 15,000 barrels in 2017, making it one of the fastest-growing brand families inside the company.
Coors comes to AC Golden after a stint as global senior director of craft and retail, a job in which he was responsible for Molson Coors global craft strategy. Prior to that, he worked with a distributor in Indianapolis, helped manage the Coors Banquet brand and helped the company launch and manage its business in Australia and New Zealand. He started his career as a drilling engineer in West Virginia, where he spent four years managing a drilling rig crew and running the drilling department.
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