COMPANY

Industrial pig and pork product manufacturer. Total slaughter in 2005 was 27 million hogs. Founded by Joe Luter, Sr. in 1936 as Smithfield Packing Co.

Official Website:
http://www.smithfieldfoods.com/

Industry:
Food

Ticker:
NYSE:SFD

Corporate headquarters:
Smithfield, VA

Sales:
$11.3B (2007)

Employees:
52000 (2008)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Joseph W. Luter III	Business	17-Jul-1939		CEO of Smithfield Foods, 1975-2006
C. Larry Pope	Business	c. 1955		CEO of Smithfield Foods

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Carol T. Crawford	Business	25-Feb-1943		US Intl. Trade Commission, 1991-2000
Richard T. Crowder	Business	3-Aug-1939		Chief Agriculture Negotiator, USTR, 2006-07
Margaret G. Lewis	Business	c. 1955		HCA Executive
Joseph W. Luter III	Business	17-Jul-1939		CEO of Smithfield Foods, 1975-2006
Wendell H. Murphy	Business	c. 1939		Billionaire, Murphy Farms
David C. Nelson	Business	?		Agricultural strategist
C. Larry Pope	Business	c. 1955		CEO of Smithfield Foods
Frank S. Royal	Doctor	c. 1939		Family practitioner, Richmond
John T. Schwieters	Business	c. 1940		Vice Chairman of Perseus LLC
Paul S. Trible, Jr.	Politician	29-Dec-1946		US Senator from Virginia, 1983-89

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert L. Burrus, Jr.	Attorney	1934		Chairman of McGuireWoods, 1990-2006
Paul J. Fribourg	Business	1954		CEO of ContiGroup
Ray A. Goldberg	Educator	19-Oct-1926		Agribusiness professor, Harvard
Melvin O. Wright	Business	29-Jul-1928		Former Dean Witter Reynolds VP
Michael J. Zimmerman	Business	c. 1951		CFO of ContiGroup

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