Tyson Foods hands CEO role to director

Dean Best

Thu, May 28, 2026 astatine 8:35 AM CDT 1 min read

Tyson Foods has appointed manager Jeff Schomburger arsenic the US nutrient giant’s caller CEO.

Schomburger, who has spent a decennary connected the Tyson board, volition go the Hillshire Farm marque owner’s president and main enforcement connected 4 October.

The erstwhile Procter & Gamble enforcement volition win Donnie King, who has spent much than 4 decades astatine Tyson. King was promoted from COO to CEO successful 2021.

“The committee and I are assured successful Jeff Schomburger’s quality to pb Tyson Foods into its adjacent section of growth,” president John H. Tyson said. “His acquisition volition assistance america accelerate our strategical priorities and unlock caller ways to triumph with customers and consumers – a cardinal absorption of our maturation strategy.”

According to Schomburger’s LinkedIn profile, helium worked astatine P&G from 1984 to 2019. He joined the FMCG radical arsenic a income rep and, ultimately, was appointed planetary income serviceman successful 2015.

He has been the pb autarkic manager astatine Tyson since past year. Schomburger’s clip connected the Tyson committee includes spells connected the compensation and audit committees.

In a statement, helium said: “I’m energised by the accidental to fortify our iconic brands with superior products, capitalise connected emerging opportunities done AI acceleration, and proceed to triumph with customers and consumers.”

King volition stay connected the Tyson board. “Donnie King’s agelong tenure astatine Tyson Foods, including his enactment arsenic CEO, has strengthened our concern and shaped our culture,” Mr Tyson added.

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