Sandy Grant Gordon

Alexander Grant "Sandy" Gordon, (6 May 193121 December 2020) was a Scottish distiller who was credited with creating a global market for single malt Scotch whisky. As a managing director of the William Grant and Sons Glenfiddich distillery between 1968 and 1996, he is credited with global market success of the Glenfiddich brand. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1988.

Early life Gordon was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 6 May 1931. His mother was a doctor, and his father was the chairman of William Grant and Sons, a Scottish distilling company. Prior to his efforts, virtually all of Scotland's exports were blended whisky. As of 2019, Glenfiddich was the largest selling single malt scotch whisky by volume, while both Glenfiddich and Balvenie were amongst the top 10 single malt whiskies in the global market by sales. He was awarded the College of Piping Award for his services to piping. and had set up a fellowship in Scottish history at the University of St Andrews. He was also the vice-chairman of the Scottish Seabird Centre, a conservation centre and had committed himself to supporting charities working with protecting endangered birds after his retirement. He had also made periodic bird-watching trips to Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, India, and Peru, after his retirement in 1996.

Personal life Gordon met his wife Linda Stobart when he was studying in Cambridge. It is noted that he later showed her a book with the costs that he had incurred while courting her. His wife died in October 2019.

Gordon was active outdoors, and had climbed the 282 Munros, mountains with a height greater than , in Scotland.