New Glarus Brewing Co – Riverside

Deborah Carey is the Founder and President of the New Glarus Brewing Company.

One of life’s entrepreneurial spirits, she raised the capital for the start-up as a gift to her husband, establishing her as the first woman to found and operate a brewery in the United States.

She is a native of Wisconsin. She attended Carroll College in Helena, Montana majoring in marketing and graphics. An entrepreneur at heart, she started her first business at the age of sixteen.

After studying Business with the S.B.A. and Clackamus College in Portland, Oregon Deb met the challenge of establishing the New Glarus Brewing Co. in 1993. As Founder and President of “One of the Top Ten Breweries in the World” she does everything—except brew the beer!