Katie Leinenkugel becomes 6th president of brewery, continuing family legacy “I’m especially proud to be only the second female president in our family company’s long history," Katie Leinenkugel said. A new generation of the Leinenkugel family has taken the reins of the popular brewing company. Katie Leinenkugel is the new president of the Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company, succeeding her cousin Tony Bugher. The first was Susan Leinenkugel, daughter of Jacob Leinenkugel, who led the brewery in 1927," Leinenkugel said. The Leinenkugel company brand is important to Molson Coors, Gavin Hattersley, then-CEO of Molson Coors, said in an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in April 2025.