More on Martin Roper’s Retirement

Dear Client:As BBD wrote this morning, Boston Beer has announced that longtime CEO Martin Roper plans to retire next year. Seismic leadership changes are always important, but this announcement comes at a time of slowing craft growth and a particularly tough preceding year for Sam Adams [see CBD 10-20-2016]. But founder Jim Koch says this transition has been a very long time coming. It does not surprise his company.As the official company statement shared, Martin has presided over "eightfold" company