Alan Newman
Alan Newman in the Magic Hat Mardi Gras Parade. February 28, 2009
Born1946
NationalityAmerican
OccupationEntrepreneur
Known forMagic Hat Brewing Company, Seventh Generation Inc., Gardener's Supply Company

Alan Newman is an American serial entrepreneur based in the U.S. state of Vermont, who co-founded Gardener's Supply Company, Seventh Generation Inc., Magic Hat Brewing Company, and Alchemy & Science, Boston Beer Company's “incubator business.”[1][2]

Life and career

Originally from Long Island, New York,[3] Newman spent a year at Parsons College in Iowa before dropping out and moving to the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco.[4] Newman returned home, enrolled in Long Island University in Southampton and graduated on the deans list after recovering from an encounter with police where he was caught with a small amount of pills and marijuana.[5] Newman then moved to Burlington, Vermont, in 1970, after living on a commune in Oregon.

Newman's business career as an entrepreneur began in 1983, when he helped found Gardener's Supply Company with his friend Will Raap. He co-founded Seventh Generation Inc. in 1988, but was later forced out amid business difficulties in 1992.[6] In 1994 he co-founded Magic Hat Brewing Company and served as CEO, before leaving in 2010.[7] In 2011, Newman was recruited by Boston Beer Company's chairman Jim Koch to run Alchemy & Science, a subsidiary devoted to developing new beer lines for the company.[8] Newman developed brands such as Traveler Beer Company, a line of shandies; Coney Island Brewery; Concrete Beach Brewery; and Angel City Brewery.[9] Newman authored a book, High on Business: The Life, Times, and Lessons of a Serial Entrepreneur, in 2011, which includes a foreword and afterword by friends Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream.[10] On January 25, 2016, Newman bought out the co-founder of Higher Ground Nightclub, a nightclub in the Burlington, Vermont area that has operated since 1998.[11] He also serves on the steering committee of the Vermont Cannabis Collaborative, an organization supporting the development of the Vermont cannabis industry.[12] He has a daughter, Zoë.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Boston Beer's stealthy subsidiary Alchemy & Science finally ready for national stage". Boston Globe. May 26, 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Alan Newman Buys Stake in Higher Ground Nightclub". Feb 1, 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Business People-Vermont: Magic Hat Brewery". Feb 2, 2005. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  4. ↑ Newman, Alan (August 27, 2011). High on Business: The Life, Times, and Lessons of a Serial Entrepreneur. Randolph, VT: The Public Press. p. 38. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  5. ↑ Newman, Alan (August 27, 2011). High on Business: The Life, Times, and Lessons of a Serial Entrepreneur. Randolph, VT: The Public Press. pp. 38–39. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  6. ↑ "It's Not Easy Being Gre". Inc. Nov 1, 2004. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Alchemy & Science Joins Forces with The Boston Beer Company – A & S Brewing". Oct 28, 2011. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "Boston Beer's stealthy subsidiary Alchemy & Science finally ready for national stage". Boston Globe. May 26, 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "About - A & S Brewing". Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Magic Touch - With a new memoir - and another beer gig - Alan Newman is back".
  11. ↑ "Alan Newman Buys Stake in Higher Ground Nightclub". Feb 1, 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  12. ↑ "About | Vermont Cannabis Collaborative". Archived from the original on 27 November 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  13. ↑ "Business People-Vermont: Magic Hat Brewery". Feb 2, 2005. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
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