Background
Welch, James S. was born in Louisville.
Welch, James S. was born in Louisville.
Bachelor in Economics, Princeton University.
Co-founder, vice president, operations Source Air Corporation, Charlottesville, Virginia. Vice president J.P. Morgan & Company, New York, 1986. Manager, Corporation Planning and Investor Relations Brown-Forman Corporation, 1989, assistant to Chief Executive Officer, assistant vice president, 1992, vice president, Human Resources, Brown-Forman Beverages Worldwide, vice president, Business Consulting Group, 1995—1998, senior vice president, executive director, human resources, 1999—2003, executive director, corporation strategy, human resources, 2003—2007, vice chairman, since 2003.
Board directors Brown-Forman Corporation, since 2007.
Chairman Nature Conservancy - Kentucky Chapter. President River Fields Inc. Trustee Bernheim Forest and Research Arboretum.
Vice chairman Louisville's Downtown Development Corporation.
2 children.