Richard Sands (businessman)
Richard Sands is an American billionaire businessman, and the chairman of Constellation Brands, a Fortune 500 beer, wine and spirits company founded by his father Marvin Sands.
Marvin Sands founded the Canandaigua Wine Company in 1945, aged 21. By 1980, its annual sales topped $50 million, and was renamed Constellation Brands in 2000, and has acquired numerous companies including Robert Mondavi wine and Svedka vodka. In 2013, it acquired the US rights to Grupo Modelo beers including Modelo and Corona.
Sands lives in Canandaigua, New York.
