Bernardo Garza Sada (1930 – 7 November 2009) was a Mexican businessman who founded the Grupo ALFA conglomerate in 1974.
[1] Garza Sada, a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),[3] is credited with turning Grupo Alfa into a diversified conglomerate with revenues of $10.6 billion USD in 2008.
[1] Garza Sada also championed the modernization of Monterrey Institute of Technology, one of Mexico's most important private universities.
[1] Bernardo Garza Sada died at his home in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, on November 7, 2009, at the age of 79.
[2] In a statement released posthumously, ALFA called Garza Sada, "Leader and visionary businessman, promoter of education and social responsibility, driving force for the growth of the company and the country.