Peter H. Coors is Vice Chairman of Molson Coors Brewing Company. Pete is a native of the state of Colorado.

He graduated from the Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, N.H., in 1965 and attended Cornell University where he received his bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering in 1969. He earned a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Denver in 1970. He also has received honorary doctorates from Regis University in 1991, Wilberforce University in 1992, Johnson & Wales University in 1997, and Colorado State University in 2011.

Pete’s professional career in the brewing business follows a Coors tradition that has spanned more than a century and five generations of Coors family members. He has served in a number of executive positions at the company. In 2002, Pete was named Chairman, Molson Coors Brewing Company. Currently, Pete serves on the board as Vice Chairman, Molson Coors Beverage Company.

Pete’s outside corporate board of director membership includes Energy Corporation of America and American Enterprise Institute. He is president and a trustee of the Adolph Coors Foundation. His numerous and diverse civic responsibilities include serving as a trustee and member of the executive board of the Denver Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and a member of the Western Stock Show Association Board.

Pete is also a member of the Intercontinental Chapter of Young Presidents Organization.

Pete is an avid outdoorsman. Active in wildlife conservation, he serves on the boards of several conservation groups. Pete is currently a national trustee and also is a former national president and chairman of Ducks Unlimited.

Pete is the son of Joseph and Holly Coors, and is a great-grandson of Adolph Coors, who founded the Golden brewery in 1873. He and his wife, Marilyn, have six children and thirteen grandchildren.