Richard Montanez wife Judy Montanez lives in Rancho Cucamonga with her children. Judy is played by Annie Gonzalez in Flamin Hot.

Richard Montanez is a creator of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, author, businessman, motivational speaker, and instructor in leadership.

He also served as vice president of multicultural sales and community promotions for PepsiCo and retired in March 2019.

Richard was born in Ontario, California, to a Mexican American family. He is one of ten siblings and was raised in a migrant labor camp in Guasti.

Montanez started working as a Janitor at the age of 18 for Frito-Lay, Rancho Cucamonga factory in 1976.

After working for a year, he was promoted to machinist operator by 1977. As he started working professionally, he didn’t complete his education.

Now a movie has been made about his struggle to make a Flamin’ Hot Cheetos.

The script for the American biographical comedy-drama was written by Lewis Colick and Linda Yvette and was directed by Eva Longoria.

On March 20, 2023, Flamin Hot debuted at South by Southwest. Hulu and Disney+ are releasing the film globally on June 9, 2023.

Richard Montanez Wife Supported Him Throughout

Richard Montanez wife Judy Montanez got married to him 32 years ago. She has been a constant support in his life.

The couple lives in Rancho Cucamonga and has three adult sons as well as five grandchildren from their sons.

Richard and Judy are busy attending the premiere events, press conferences, and promotions. We can see Richard and Judy together almost every time.

He is very appreciative of her support which helped him transition from being nothing to becoming a powerful businessman.

During the premiere of Flamin’ Hot at South by Southwest, he told that without his wife there wouldn’t be the renowned product.

He continued by saying that she has been through everything and made him the person he is now with her unwavering support and faith in him.

Richard and Judy Montanez is a perfect pair made in heaven as per their fan who knows their story and has seen the biographical drama movie.

Richard Montanez has Three Kids

Richard Montanez kids are Lucky, Stevan and Michael Montanez. He is a proud father of three children.

His firstborn Lucky Montanez is married to Nicole. The couple share three kids together, the eldest daughter and two sons.

From his eldest daughter, he has two grandchildren and Lucky’s son Luciano graduated from Azusa Pacific University in 2022.

While the youngest son is still in his college and yet to graduate. The family of five lives in California, USA.

Richard’s second-born is Steven Montanez. He got married in the year 2002 and has two beautiful kids from his marriage.

Stevan has one big daughter named Jazmine Montanez and a younger son named Stevan Montanez Junior.

Similarly, his youngest son Michael is extremely close with his parents. He has expressed his love for his parents several times.

We can see Michael sharing information about new movies on his social media account and is grateful to witness his father’s growth.

Every once in a while, Richard and his three sons make time for one another and engage in meaningful conversation.

He shared a post with his two older sons on January 8, 2020, while he was in New York, and he also mentioned that they are his business partners.

Similarly, he also uploaded a photo of himself and his youngest son Michael at the Pepsico event in February 2017.

Richard shared a picture in honor of Father’s Day and expressed his pride in his son’s accomplishments and the fact that he raised three sons.

Richard Montanez Family Life

Richard Montanez family consist of five members. He is currently living with his family in Rancho Cucamonga, California.

The flamin’ hot creator Richard Montanez had to go through a tough childhood in a migrant labor camp in Guasti.

It is an Unincorporated community outside of Los Angeles. He grew up together with his six sisters and three brothers.

Richard is grateful to his mother. We can see him sharing her picture on his Instagram account, remembering her.

On May 2019, he shared a picture of his mom on the occasion of Mother’s Day. His mother used to pick fruits and clean motels to raise her kids.

While growing up as a native Spanish speaker, he struggles with the English language and had a hard time understanding his teachers.

He had to go through a tough childhood, and as a responsible kid, he dropped out of his school and began working to support the family.

Montanez was also close with his grandfather and he remembers him giving him words of wisdom when he was working and started working.

His journey of creating new flavors for Cheetos started after he started working for Frito-Lay. He first worked as a janitor and later as a machinist operator.

During his work, a machine broke and he got a hand on some plain Cheetos. He wanted to give Cheetos a new flavor and did an experiment with it.

His path to success began when he pitched the idea to the CEO of Frito-Lay after successfully developing a delicious flavor and new taste.

He is currently retired and enjoying the stardom the film has given to him, and everyone is praising all of his hard work and effort.

Richard has a close relationship with both his sons and his grandchild. Additionally, he has three great-grandchildren, and he frequently posted photos of them.

Who Really Invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos?

Richard Montanez claims to invent Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. There has been various debate about his claim to be a creator.

Per the Los Angeles Times, the former Frito-Lay executive Carey said that the flavor was developed by the factory workers.

Carey has worked for the company for several years and even encouraged Richard to pitch the idea of his new invention.

Later, Carey got to know about the real development of the product and added that Richard’s personality and leadership skills helped him to achieve success.

A lot of allegations and controversies arose about the claim of Flamin’ Hot after the Los Angeles Times published the story.

The speculation and question increased even more when the general audience saw the newly made film based on Richard.

In his defense, he said that he didn’t know what others were doing and don’t want any dispute with anyone about Flamin’ Hot.

Further, he added that he is true to himself and has his hard work and struggle of making the flavor, according to Sportskeeda.

Until now, the dispute has remained unsolved, but the film based on his life is making a huge opening on Hulu and Disney Plus.

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