COMPANY

Brewery founded in 1873 in Golden, Colorado by Adolph Coors. It merged in 2005 with Molson to form Molson Coors Brewing.

Official Website:
http://www.coors.com/

Industry:
Beverages

Ticker:
NYSE:RKY (defunct)

Corporate headquarters:
Golden, CO

Sales:
$4B (2003)

Employees:
8500 (2003)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Adolph Coors	Business	4-Feb-1847	5-Jun-1929	Founder of Coors Brewery
Joseph Coors, Sr.	Business	12-Nov-1917	15-Mar-2003	Ultraconservative beer baron
Pete Coors	Relative	20-Sep-1946		Coors scion
Leo Kiely	Business	16-Jan-1947		CEO of Molson Coors
Lynn M. Utter	Business	c. 1962		President, Knoll North America
William H. Weintraub	Business	c. 1943		Senior VP at Coors, 1993-2002
Timothy V. Wolf	Business	c. 1952		CFO of Molson Coors Brewing

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Pete Coors	Relative	20-Sep-1946		Coors scion
Charles M. Herington	Business	c. 1959		EVP at Avon
Franklin W. Hobbs	Business	c. 1947		Warburg Dillon Read
Leo Kiely	Business	16-Jan-1947		CEO of Molson Coors
John H. Mullin III	Business	1941		Former Partner, Dillon Read & Co.
Luis G. Nogales	Business	c. 1944		CEO of UPI, 1984-86
Pamela H. Patsley	Business	c. 1957		Senior EVP at First Data

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mary Cheney	Relative	14-Mar-1969		Lesbian daughter of Dick Cheney

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Melissa Coors Osborn	Business	c. 1971		Daughter of Pete Coors

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Joe Maloof	Business	15-Nov-1955		Las Vegas entrepreneur
Nancy H. Steorts	Government	28-Nov-1936		CPSC Chairwoman, 1981-85

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Leila Arcieri	Model	18-Dec-1973		Wild Things 2
Mike Ditka	Football	18-Oct-1939		Chicago Bears Head Coach, 1982-92
Dr. Dre	Music Producer	18-Feb-1965		Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang
Elvira	Actor	17-Sep-1949		Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
John Elway	Football	28-Jun-1960		1999 Superbowl MVP
R. Lee Ermey	Actor	24-Mar-1944		Drill Instructor from Full Metal Jacket
Mark Harmon	Actor	2-Sep-1951		NCIS
Salma Hayek	Actor	2-Sep-1966		Frida
Gordie Howe	Hockey	31-Mar-1928		Has held nearly every hockey award title
Ice-T	Rapper	16-Feb-1958		Pimp, Cop Killer
Magic Johnson	Basketball	14-Aug-1959		Lakers star, AIDS spokesman
Michael Johnson	Track and Field	13-Sep-1967		Sprinter, 5-time Olympic Gold medalist
Willie Mays	Baseball	6-May-1931		Baseball Hall of Famer
Leslie Nielsen	Actor	11-Feb-1926	28-Nov-2010	Airplane!
Bill Parcells	Football	22-Aug-1941		The Big Tuna
Les Paul	Guitarist	9-Jun-1915	13-Aug-2009	Electric guitar/multitrack recording pioneer
John Ratzenberger	Actor	6-Apr-1947		Postman Cliff Clavin on Cheers
Kid Rock	Musician	17-Jan-1971		Rocker for Middle America
Hervé Villechaize	Actor	23-Apr-1943	4-Sep-1993	Boss, the plane! The plane!
Bill Walsh	Football	30-Nov-1931	30-Jul-2007	49ers Head Coach, 1979-88
John Wayne	Actor	26-May-1907	11-Jun-1979	The Duke

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