Jack Joyce (businessman)

Jack Joyce (December 10, 1942 – May 27, 2014) was an American business executive, lawyer who co-founded Rogue Ales in Ashland, Oregon, in 1988.

The Portland Business Journal has called Joyce, "One of the men most responsible for Oregon's reputation as one of the nation's preeminent beer-making regions.

[1][2] Rogue Ales was producing 105,000 barrels by 2013, ranking it among the top twenty-five craft breweries in the United States.

[2] In 1988, Joyce joined with two other Nike executives, Bob Woodell and Rob Strasser, to co-found Rogue Ales and Spirits in Ashland, Oregon.

[2] Joyce also owned and operated dozens of acres of farmland in Corvallis, Oregon, calling himself a "farming lawyer.