Greg Beebe Of Sennheiser: ‘The Engineer In Me Loves Fixing Things'

The American executive and Director Professional Audio opens up about his early years with the German audio company, their artist relations program, Sennheiser’s new product range and more

- David Britto

GROWING UP as the middle child of five in Hartford, Connecticut, which is one of the three poorest cities in the state, Greg Beebe tells us that he didn’t come from wealth and that most of his time was spent playing outdoors with his friends. “I went to public elementary school and public high school and no one in my family had gone to university,” says Beebe.

After building a home Hi-Fi system his girlfriend at the time saw his potential with electronics and encouraged him to apply to university. It was at Hartford University where Beebe earned a Bachelor’s degree in Science in Electrical Engineering Technology (BSEET). “It [university] gave me the opportunity to be the first in my family to graduate university and essentially escape poverty,” he says.

Beebe went on to join German audio giants Sennheiser in 1992 at their Hartford headquarters and has been with the company ever since. From his days as an application engineer to being promoted as the Director Professional Audio at Sennheiser in 2018 and heading the professional audio segment for Sennheiser globally, Beebe’s career trajectory is arguably self-made. We caught up with Beebe during his stop in Mumbai and in this interview with Rolling Stone India, he talks about joining Sennheiser, why he stayed with the company, their latest products and more. Excerpts:

Did you know of Sennheiser before joining the company in 1992?

I was sitting in the office of the dean at my university and I was going to graduate in some weeks and I realized how the rubber hits the road and I need to put this degree to work. I saw in the newspaper for an opening at a company called Seinn-houser – I couldn’t even say Sennheiser – I didn’t know what it was.