Joseph E. Gallo is President and CEO of the E. & J. Gallo Winery, a highly integrated firm with a significant presence in the California Wine and Brandy industry.  The Company produces an extensive range of products and competes in virtually all of the categories and price segments of the wine industry.  Its products are distributed throughout the United States and in over ninety foreign countries.

Mr. Gallo joined the Winery’s sales department in 1965, and was instrumental in the company gaining national distribution by 1970.  Prior to becoming CEO in 2001, he had focused most of his efforts on the company’s expansion into international markets.

He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1962, and earned his M.B.A. from the Stanford Business School in 1964, where he was a former member of its advisory council.

He and his wife have three children and three grandchildren.