Søren Anton van der Aa Kühle

Søren Anton van der Aa Kühle (27 October 1849 - 12 April 1906) was a Danish brewer and chief business executive.

He was chief operational officer of Gamle Carlsberg from 1881 and succeeded J.C. Jacobsen as managing director of the brewery in 1887.

Kühle was born on 27 October 1849 in Aalborg, the son of first lieutenant and later colonel Nicolai Seyer K. (1815–83) and Margrethe Emilie Kofoed (1828–1900).

[2] On 1 April 1879 he started working for Gamle Carlsberg where J.C. Jacobsen was soon struck by his technical and administrative qualifications.

In a contract dated 18 May 1880 Jacobsen appointed him as chief operational officer with effect from 1 October 1881 as well as his future successor as managing director of the brewery following his own death.

P. S. Krøyer: Men of Industry (1904)