Tom Potter (brewer)
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Early life and career
Potter graduated from Yale UniversityYale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
and received an MBA from Columbia Business School
Columbia Business School
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Potter served as an assistant vice president at Chemical Bank. In 1987, he founded the Brookly Brewery along with Steve Hindy. Potter retired from Brooklyn Brewery in 2004.