Eugene Kashper

Eugene Kashper (Russian: Евгений Кашпер)[1] is an American beer entrepreneur and current chairman of Pabst Brewing Company.

Eugene Kashper
Born
Soviet Union
NationalityAmerican
OccupationChairman,
Pabst Brewing Company
2014-present
Years active1994-present

Biography

Kashper was born in the Soviet Union to Jewish parents;[2] he has told Russian interviewers he was born in Leningrad in 1969.[3][4] He and his family immigrated to the United States as political refugees when he was six years old, and he became an American citizen shortly after.[5] He grew up in Arizona and New Jersey, and after high school attended Columbia University, graduating in 1992 with a degree in East Asian Studies. He then went to work for Ernst & Young, which quickly capitalized on his language skills by sending him to Moscow. Soon after that move, he left Ernst & Young and moved into the beer industry.[6] He began his beer industry career in 1994 with The Stroh Brewery Company of Detroit, Michigan.[7] He later co-founded Oasis Beverages, a Cyprus-based company, and served as its chairman from 2008 to 2014.[8]

Under Kashper, Pabst announced on November 13, 2014, that it had completed its sale to Blue Ribbon Intermediate Holdings, LLC. Blue Ribbon is a partnership between Kashper and TSG Consumer Partners, a San Francisco–based private equity firm.[9] "We are thrilled to complete the acquisition of this great company," said Kashper, who said he would relocate with his family[10] from New York to Los Angeles.[11]

References
  1. "Interview: Eugene Kashper (Russian language)". November 3, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  2. James Covert (Sep 2, 2014). "Pabst not moving to Russia". New York Post.
  3. "Vedomosti People: Eugene Kashper". Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  4. "Interview of Eugene Kashper (Russian language)". November 3, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  5. Holl, John. "Vedomosti People: Eugene Kashper (Russian language): A conversation with Eugene Kashper of Pabst Brewing". My Central Jersey. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  6. "Pabst Raids Dad's Beer Fridge as It Looks to the Future". New York Times. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  7. DesChenes, Denise. "Pabst Brewing Company Completes Sale To Blue Ribbon Holdings". TSG Consumer Partners. TSG Consumer Partners. Archived from the original on 10 January 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  8. "Eugene Kashper (Biography)". Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  9. DesChenes, Denise. "Pabst Brewing Company Completes Sale To Blue Ribbon Holdings". TSG Consumer Partners. TSG Consumer Partners. Archived from the original on 10 January 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  10. Sweeney, Cordell. "Pabst Brewing Company Leadership". Pabst Brewing Company. Pabst Brewing Company. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  11. Wilmore, James. "Pabst Brewing Co sale finalised as Eugene Kashper, TSG take reins". Just-Drinks. Just-Drinks. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
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