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<html> <head> <title>Smithfield Foods</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/company/658/000062472/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Smithfield Foods 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: <a href="http://www.smithfieldfoods.com/">http://www.smithfieldfoods.com/</a> Industry: <a href="/lists/624/000098330/">Food</a> Ticker: NYSE:SFD Corporate headquarters: <a href="/geo/601/000098307/" class=proflink>Smithfield, VA</a> Sales: $11.3B (2007) Employees: 52000 (2008) EXECUTIVES <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/304/000170791/">Joseph W. Luter III</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jul-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Smithfield Foods, 1975-2006</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/303/000170790/">C. Larry Pope</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Smithfield Foods</td> </tr> </table> CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/314/000170801/">Carol T. Crawford</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Feb-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Intl. Trade Commission, 1991-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/553/000367449/">Richard T. Crowder</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Aug-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chief Agriculture Negotiator, USTR, 2006-07</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/556/000367452/">Margaret G. Lewis</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>HCA Executive</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/304/000170791/">Joseph W. Luter III</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jul-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Smithfield Foods, 1975-2006</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/312/000170799/">Wendell H. Murphy</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Billionaire, Murphy Farms</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/555/000367451/">David C. Nelson</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>?</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Agricultural strategist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/303/000170790/">C. Larry Pope</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Smithfield Foods</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/497/000168990/">Frank S. Royal</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Family practitioner, Richmond</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/311/000170798/">John T. Schwieters</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Vice Chairman of Perseus LLC</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/108/000218451/">Paul S. Trible, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Dec-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Senator from Virginia, 1983-89</td> </tr> </table> PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/315/000170802/">Robert L. Burrus, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Attorney</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chairman of McGuireWoods, 1990-2006</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/450/000169940/">Paul J. Fribourg</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of ContiGroup</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/313/000170800/">Ray A. Goldberg</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Oct-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Agribusiness professor, Harvard</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/310/000170797/">Melvin O. Wright</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jul-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former Dean Witter Reynolds VP</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/309/000170796/">Michael J. Zimmerman</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CFO of ContiGroup</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=62472" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2013 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/235/000001232/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/235/1232/s1232.jpg" width=128> NNDB Glimpse of the 2008 US Elections</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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