Smithfield Foods—Driven to a Process
When you think about companies that are driven, maximum ability rather than minimal standards comes to mind. But not always. Some companies make their dough the old-fashioned way, they cut away all the humanity, kind of like butchering a hog—until there’s nothing left but profit.
When you think about companies that are driven, maximum ability rather than minimal standards comes to mind. But not always. Some companies make their dough the old-fashioned way, they cut away all the humanity, kind of like butchering a hog—until there’s nothing left but profit.
Joseph W. Luter, III is the Chairman and CEO at Smithfield, grandson of the founder, contributor of big-bucks to a university department that will have his name on it and a guy you’re not likely to see in the Smithfield pig barns.
In front of 500 people gathered in the Ferguson Center for the Arts, Larry Pope, president of Smithfield, announced a $5 million gift to the Christopher Newport University from the Smithfield-Luter Foundation…