{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"124458","rtpr_id":"nGNX77lmpk","ticker":"SAM","exchange":"NYSE","all_tickers":["SAM"],"title":"The Boston Beer Company Announces CFO Transition","author":"Globe Newswire","published_at":"2026-08-20T20:10:25.097Z","article_body":"Boston, Aug. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Boston Beer Company (NYSE: SAM)\ntoday announced that Chief Financial Officer Diego Reynoso will be leaving the\ncompany on September 14 to accept a new opportunity. Matt Murphy, currently\nChief Accounting Officer, has been appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer\nand Treasurer effective September 15. Murphy joined Boston Beer in 2006 as\nCorporate Controller and was appointed Chief Accounting Officer in 2015. He\nalso previously served as Interim CFO in 2023 before Reynoso’s hiring. The\nCompany has initiated a search to identify its next Chief Financial Officer\nand will consider both internal and external candidates.\n\n\"On behalf of our Board of Directors and everyone at Boston Beer, I’d like\nto say thank you to Diego for his significant contributions and disciplined\nfinancial leadership over the past three years,” said Boston Beer Founder,\nBrewer, Chairman and CEO Jim Koch. “He has played an important role in\nadvancing our ongoing productivity initiatives and leaves the Company with a\nstrong financial foundation. Diego goes on to the next stage of his career\nwith all our best wishes.”\n\nAbout The Boston Beer Company\n\nThe Boston Beer Company, Inc. (NYSE: SAM) began in 1984 brewing Samuel Adams\nbeer and has since grown to become one of the largest and most respected craft\nbrewers in the United States. We consistently offer the highest-quality\nproducts to our drinkers, and we apply what we’ve learned from making\ngreat-tasting craft beer to making great-tasting and innovative “beyond\nbeer” products. Boston Beer Company has pioneered not only craft beer but\nalso hard cider, hard seltzer and hard tea. Our core brands include household\nnames like Angry Orchard Hard Cider, Dogfish Head, Sun Cruiser, Truly Hard\nSeltzer, Twisted Tea Hard Iced Tea, and Samuel Adams. We have taprooms and\nhospitality locations in Delaware, Massachusetts, New York and Ohio. For more\ninformation, please visit our website at www.bostonbeer.com, which includes\nlinks to our respective brand websites.\n\nBrittany Zahoruiko\nBoston Beer Company\n617-368-5000\nmedia@bostonbeer.com\n\n\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nGNX77lmpk","title":"The Boston Beer Company Announces CFO Transition","author":"Globe Newswire","ticker":"SAM","created":"2026-08-20T20:10:25.097Z","tickers":["SAM"],"exchange":"NYSE","article_body":"Boston, Aug. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Boston Beer Company (NYSE: SAM)\ntoday announced that Chief Financial Officer Diego Reynoso will be leaving the\ncompany on September 14 to accept a new opportunity. Matt Murphy, currently\nChief Accounting Officer, has been appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer\nand Treasurer effective September 15. Murphy joined Boston Beer in 2006 as\nCorporate Controller and was appointed Chief Accounting Officer in 2015. He\nalso previously served as Interim CFO in 2023 before Reynoso’s hiring. The\nCompany has initiated a search to identify its next Chief Financial Officer\nand will consider both internal and external candidates.\n\n\"On behalf of our Board of Directors and everyone at Boston Beer, I’d like\nto say thank you to Diego for his significant contributions and disciplined\nfinancial leadership over the past three years,” said Boston Beer Founder,\nBrewer, Chairman and CEO Jim Koch. “He has played an important role in\nadvancing our ongoing productivity initiatives and leaves the Company with a\nstrong financial foundation. Diego goes on to the next stage of his career\nwith all our best wishes.”\n\nAbout The Boston Beer Company\n\nThe Boston Beer Company, Inc. (NYSE: SAM) began in 1984 brewing Samuel Adams\nbeer and has since grown to become one of the largest and most respected craft\nbrewers in the United States. We consistently offer the highest-quality\nproducts to our drinkers, and we apply what we’ve learned from making\ngreat-tasting craft beer to making great-tasting and innovative “beyond\nbeer” products. Boston Beer Company has pioneered not only craft beer but\nalso hard cider, hard seltzer and hard tea. Our core brands include household\nnames like Angry Orchard Hard Cider, Dogfish Head, Sun Cruiser, Truly Hard\nSeltzer, Twisted Tea Hard Iced Tea, and Samuel Adams. We have taprooms and\nhospitality locations in Delaware, Massachusetts, New York and Ohio. For more\ninformation, please visit our website at www.bostonbeer.com, which includes\nlinks to our respective brand websites.\n\nBrittany Zahoruiko\nBoston Beer Company\n617-368-5000\nmedia@bostonbeer.com\n\n\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-08-20T20:10:25.134530147Z","server_sent_at_ms":1787256625134},"received_at":"2026-08-20T20:10:25.185Z","source_url":"https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/08/20/3348812/0/en/the-boston-beer-company-announces-cfo-transition.html"},"analysis":{"id":"113424","press_release_id":"124458","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Brewers","sector":"Consumer Staples"},"redFlags":["CFO departure without permanent successor named"],"eventType":"executive_change","narrative":"The Boston Beer Company announced that CFO Diego Reynoso will leave the company on September 14 to accept a new opportunity.\n\nChief Accounting Officer Matt Murphy has been appointed Interim CFO and Treasurer effective September 15, bringing 20 years of tenure with the company and prior interim experience.\n\nThe board has initiated a search for a permanent successor, considering both internal and external candidates.","sentiment":"neutral","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"Orderly CFO transition with internal interim successor limits operational risk."},"keyFigures":null,"quotedText":"On behalf of our Board of Directors and everyone at Boston Beer, I’d like to say thank you to Diego for his significant contributions and disciplined financial leadership over the past three years","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Diego Reynoso","role":"Chief Financial Officer"},{"name":"Matt Murphy","role":"Chief Accounting Officer"},{"name":"Jim Koch","role":"Founder, Brewer, Chairman and CEO"}],"products":["Samuel Adams","Angry Orchard Hard Cider","Dogfish Head","Sun Cruiser","Truly Hard Seltzer","Twisted Tea Hard Iced Tea"],"companies":[{"name":"The Boston Beer Company, Inc.","ticker":"SAM"}],"dollarAmounts":[]},"materialImpact":{"score":3,"reasoning":"CFO departure is a material event for investors, but the immediate appointment of a long-tenured internal successor with prior interim CFO experience mitigates disruption risk."},"tickerRelevance":{"others":[],"primary":"SAM"},"globalImportance":25,"audienceRelevance":35,"eventTypeSecondary":[],"importanceComponents":{"brandBoost":"household","tickerTier":"mid-cap","eventGravity":"executive_transition"}},"event_type":"executive_change","event_type_secondary":null,"sentiment":"neutral","material_impact_score":3,"narrative":"The Boston Beer Company announced that CFO Diego Reynoso will leave the company on September 14 to accept a new opportunity.\n\nChief Accounting Officer Matt Murphy has been appointed Interim CFO and Treasurer effective September 15, bringing 20 years of tenure with the company and prior interim experience.\n\nThe board has initiated a search for a permanent successor, considering both internal and external candidates.","key_figures":null,"named_entities":{"people":[{"name":"Diego Reynoso","role":"Chief Financial Officer"},{"name":"Matt Murphy","role":"Chief Accounting Officer"},{"name":"Jim Koch","role":"Founder, Brewer, Chairman and CEO"}],"products":["Samuel Adams","Angry Orchard Hard Cider","Dogfish Head","Sun Cruiser","Truly Hard Seltzer","Twisted Tea Hard Iced Tea"],"companies":[{"name":"The Boston Beer Company, Inc.","ticker":"SAM"}],"dollarAmounts":[]},"model_name":"glm-4.7","prompt_hash":"sha256:727b4b9429a443af","schema_hash":"sha256:05005c02d9cffac9","created_at":"2026-08-20T20:39:57.982Z","global_importance":25,"audience_relevance":35,"importance_components":{"brandBoost":"household","tickerTier":"mid-cap","eventGravity":"executive_transition"}},"durationMs":99540,"modelName":"glm-4.7"}}