Agricultural services, crop and livestock, food, health and pharmaceutical, industrial & financial risk management, raw materials
Revenue
US$165 billion (2022)[1]
Operating income
US$43.204 billion (2018)[2]
Net income
US$4.93 billion (2021)[3]
Total assets
US$59.2 billion (2018)[2]
Owner
Cargill family (88%)
Number of employees
155,000 (2023)[4]
Website
www.cargill.com
Cargill, Incorporated, is an American global food corporation based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware.[5][6][7] Founded in 1865, it is the largest privately held company in the United States in terms of revenue.[4]
Some of Cargill's major businesses are trading, purchasing and distributing grain and other agricultural commodities, such as palm oil; trading in energy, steel and transport; raising livestock and production of feed; and producing food ingredients such as starch and glucose syrup, vegetable oils and fats for application in ultra-processed foods and industrial use. Cargill also has a large financial services arm, which manages financial risks in the commodity markets for the company. In 2003, it split off a portion of its financial operations into Black River Asset Management, a hedge fund with about $10 billion of assets and liabilities. It previously owned two-thirds of the shares of The Mosaic Company (sold off in 2011), a producer and marketer of concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients.
Cargill reported gross revenues of $165 billion in 2022.[8] It last reported net profit earnings in 2021, of just below $5 billion.[9] Employing over 160,000 employees[10] in 66 countries, it is responsible for 25% of all United States grain exports. The company also supplies about 22% of the US domestic meat market, importing more products from Argentina than any other company, and is the largest poultry producer in Thailand. All the eggs used in US McDonald's restaurants pass through Cargill's plants.[11] It is the only US producer of Alberger process salt, which is used in the fast-food and prepared food industries.
Cargill remains a family-owned business, as the descendants of the founder (from the Cargill and MacMillan families) own over 90% of it.[12] In January 2023, Brian Sikes was appointed to serve as president and CEO. He is the 10th CEO in Cargill's 158-year history.
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