Ste. Michelle Wine Estates names second CEO in four months
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- Michelle Wine Estates names second CEO in four months Shivam Mishra Mon, May 11, 2026 at 9:17 PM GMT+7 2 min read Ste.
- Richardson succeeds David Bowman, who had been appointed CEO in January, a month after the Wyckoff family acquired Ste.
- When the transaction was announced in December, Bowman – then Ste.
Ste. Michelle Wine Estates names second CEO in four months Shivam Mishra Mon, May 11, 2026 at 9:17 PM GMT+7 2 min read Ste. Michelle Wine Estates has named David Richardson as CEO, its second chief executive appointment in four months.
Richardson succeeds David Bowman, who had been appointed CEO in January, a month after the Wyckoff family acquired Ste. Michelle Wine Estates’ operations in Washington state from Sycamore Partners. The deal saw the private-equity firm keep Ste. Michelle Wine Estates’ assets in Oregon.
When the transaction was announced in December, Bowman – then Ste. Michelle Wines Estates’ chief commercial officer – and Anna Mosier, the group’s CFO and chief supply-chain officer, were set out as the co-CEOs of the new Washington business.