Roger Jaar
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Biography
Jaar was born in Fort-de-France, Martinique, to a family of Arab-Palestinian descent from Bethlehem, but moved to Haiti at a young age.[1][2]
In 1983, Roger and his brother Raymond Jaar bought the Brasserie de la Couronne, one of the oldest soft drink companies in Haiti and supplier of the popular local drink, Cola Couronne.[3]
After the 1991 Haitian coup d'état of Raoul Cédras, Jaar left Haiti to pursue investments abroad. Initially he considered opening a brewery in Miami; however, he decided to open it in Quebec instead. It is a microbrewery called Les Brasseurs RJ.[4]