Dave Burwick
President and CEO
The Boston Beer Company
Education
Middlebury College
B.A., History
1983Harvard Business School
M.B.A., General Management
1989Podcasts
701: What It’s Like to be CEO of The Boston Beer Company With Dave Burwick, Boston Beer Company [Main T4C Episode]
Dave Burwick is the president and CEO of The Boston Beer Company, the creator of popular beverages like Samuel Adams beer, Twisted Tea, and Truly Hard Seltzer. Dave launched his career in the beverage and consumer goods industries at PepsiCo, where he served in a variety of marketing roles during..
Career Path
Interview Highlights
“It’s a very relaxed culture. There is the social aspect to it that is really important.”
Best Career Advice
“You have to be true to yourself and you have to be authentic.”
Career Challenge
“The Weight Watchers experience, for the first year, I loved it. And then I got tired of it and less interested in it. I just wasn’t as passionate about that business as I have been about others. And I knew that I wasn’t gonna be able to say there for long time.”
Professional Interests
Angela Duckworth, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Business School, The University of Edinburgh, Pepsi Networking World Wide, The University of Edinburgh Alumni, PepsiCo Employees and Alumni, Middlebury College