Steve Hauser, President and CEO of Paulaner USA, left his post at the end of 2024. Hauser served as CEO since 2014 and grew the importer from a two-brand, on-premise-focused portfolio to a multi-brand, multichannel business, including expansion into the grocery and convenience channels. He took over Paulaner USA as an importer with significant draft volume and a focus on Oktoberfest sales. The portfolio is now almost equally split between on- and off-trade, with the majority of business coming from year-round sales. To date, the Paulaner Group enjoyed its best year yet, a news release stated. Some of Hauser’s major accomplishments during his tenure to date included refining Paulaner USA’s overall portfolio by growing the core group brands and adding significant business by securing the rights to Tsingtao, China’s leading export beer. Paulaner USA is headquartered in White Plains, New York, and imports Paulaner, Hacker-Pschorr, Tsingtao and Fuller’s.