CARGILL INC
Cargill, Incorporated is a privately held corporation organised under the laws of Delaware, United States. Its Delaware file number is 286124, a value validated against the Delaware Division of Corporations in the company’s Legal Entity Identifier record (LEI QXZYQNMR4JZ5RIRN4T31, entity status Active, retrieved 30 September 2026). The company sources, trades, processes, transports and distributes agricultural commodities, and sells food ingredients, meat and poultry products, animal feed and bio-based industrial products to food manufacturers, farmers and ranchers, foodservice operators and retailers.
The Delaware formation date could not be retrieved, because Delaware’s entity search is captcha-gated. The Minnesota Secretary of State records Cargill, Incorporated as a foreign business corporation with Delaware as its home jurisdiction, Minnesota file number 7673, originally filed on 23 November 1936 and shown as Active / In Good Standing when checked on 30 September 2026. The Delaware corporation therefore existed by that date. The company’s 2026 Annual Report gives a Minneapolis, Minnesota postal address.
The information card on this page comes from an Indiana Secretary of State (INBiz) record, number 6537600, with an address in Hammond, Indiana. That record could not be opened: both INBiz search hosts returned an automated-access challenge on 30 September 2026. Its entity type, filing date and status are therefore unverified. The card’s incorporation date of 14 January 2029 is in the future and cannot be correct. Its legal form, “Private limited company (Ltd.)”, is a UK form, whereas GLEIF classifies the company as a Delaware corporation.
Cargill organises its activities into three enterprises. Food covers meat and poultry, food and beverage ingredients, and salt. Agriculture & Trading connects grain and oilseed farmers with users through sourcing, processing and distribution, and provides trading and risk-management services. Specialized Portfolio covers animal nutrition and health, bioindustrial products, beauty ingredients, deicing products and joint ventures. The company’s products include meat, egg and alternative-protein products, salts, oils, starches, cocoa, sweeteners, animal feed and biofuels.
In its 2026 Annual Report, Cargill announced revenue of $164 billion for fiscal year 2026. This is the company’s own consolidated figure; Cargill, Incorporated does not file financial statements with the SEC, so the figure could not be checked against a regulatory filing. The same report gives more than 155,000 employees, operations in 70 countries and deliveries to 125 markets. The company’s website lists around 1,000 locations worldwide.
Sources
- GLEIF, LEI record QXZYQNMR4JZ5RIRN4T31 (Cargill, Incorporated), https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/QXZYQNMR4JZ5RIRN4T31, last updated 22 December 2025, retrieved 30 September 2026
- Minnesota Secretary of State, business record for Cargill, Incorporated (file 7673), https://mblsportal.sos.state.mn.us/Business/SearchDetails?filingGuid=36968378-b4d4-e011-a886-001ec94ffe7f, retrieved 30 September 2026
- Cargill, Annual Report 2026, https://www.cargill.com/about/doc/1451394341550/2026-cargill-annual-report.pdf, published 2026, retrieved 30 September 2026
- Cargill, Cargill at a Glance, https://www.cargill.com/about/cargill-at-a-glance, retrieved 30 September 2026
- Indiana Secretary of State, INBiz business search, https://bsd.sos.in.gov/publicbusinesssearch and https://inbiz.in.gov/BOS/PublicBusinessSearch, not reachable (automated-access challenge / HTTP 403), attempted 30 September 2026
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Shareholders
Shareholders of Cargill, Incorporated
Cargill, Incorporated is a privately held Delaware corporation, as its 2011 description in an SEC-filed proxy statement states. It has no publicly traded shares and does not file shareholder or beneficial-ownership reports with the SEC. No current list of Cargill, Incorporated shareholders, and no current ownership percentages, were found in any official source. In its 2026 Annual Report the company describes itself as “family-owned”, without naming holders or giving percentages.
The latest dated official information on who owns Cargill is historical. The Mosaic Company’s proxy statement of 11 April 2011 (SEC) states that three charitable trusts and a foundation formed through the estate of Margaret A. Cargill (the “MAC Trusts”) had come to beneficially own “a large percentage” of Cargill’s outstanding stock after her death in August 2006. No percentage was given. Under an exchange agreement, the MAC Trusts agreed to exchange all of their Cargill common stock for Mosaic shares in a split-off. Mosaic’s annual report on Form 10-K, filed 19 July 2011, confirms the split-off was completed by 25 May 2011, with Cargill exchanging about 178.3 million Mosaic shares for Cargill stock held by certain Cargill stockholders. The identities and holdings of the remaining Cargill stockholders were not disclosed in these filings.
No ultimate beneficial owner of Cargill, Incorporated could be identified from an authoritative source. Widely reported estimates of family and employee holdings are not published here because no official filing supporting them was found.
Data availability
Not found (current holdings); Historical (2011 SEC filings only). Delaware does not publish shareholder lists, and as a privately held company Cargill, Incorporated is not subject to SEC beneficial-ownership reporting. The absence of disclosed shareholders does not mean the company has no identifiable owners.
Sources
- Cargill, Annual Report 2026, https://www.cargill.com/about/doc/1451394341550/2026-cargill-annual-report.pdf, published 2026, retrieved 30 September 2026
- The Mosaic Company, Definitive proxy statement (DEFM14A), https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1285785/000119312511093299/ddefm14a.htm, filed 11 April 2011, retrieved 30 September 2026
- The Mosaic Company, Annual report on Form 10-K, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1285785/000119312511191456/d10k.htm, filed 19 July 2011, retrieved 30 September 2026
Officers
Directors and officers of Cargill, Incorporated
The Minnesota Secretary of State’s record for Cargill, Incorporated (foreign business corporation, file 7673) names James Brian Sikes as Chief Executive Officer. It was retrieved on 30 September 2026 and the registration shows as Active / In Good Standing. The Minnesota record does not list other officers or the board.
The company’s own executive-team page lists Brian Sikes as Board Chair and Chief Executive Officer. It also lists eight Executive Vice Presidents, including Joanne Knight as Chief Financial Officer and Rishi Varma as Chief Legal, Compliance and Corporate Affairs Officer and Corporate Secretary, and Florian Schattenmann as Chief Technology Officer. These are management titles published by the company. They are not register entries, and the page gives no appointment dates. A full list of Cargill, Incorporated directors was not found in an official source; the company’s website has no board page.
Recent officer changes
- 1 January 2023: Brian Sikes became President and Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Dave MacLennan, who had been CEO since 2013 and became Executive Chair of the Board (Cargill announcement, 21 November 2022).
- 1 January 2024: Brian Sikes became Chair of the Board of Directors, succeeding Dave MacLennan, who retired as Executive Chair at the end of 2023 (Cargill announcement, 20 December 2023).
Data availability
Partial. The Minnesota register records only the chief executive. Delaware’s entity search is captcha-gated, and the Indiana (INBiz) record behind this page could not be reached. The officer information here combines the Minnesota register with the company’s own publications. No source reviewed discloses officers’ nationality or country of residence, so both are Not disclosed.
Sources
- Minnesota Secretary of State, business record for Cargill, Incorporated (file 7673), https://mblsportal.sos.state.mn.us/Business/SearchDetails?filingGuid=36968378-b4d4-e011-a886-001ec94ffe7f, retrieved 30 September 2026
- Cargill, Executive Team, https://www.cargill.com/about/executive-team, retrieved 30 September 2026
- Cargill, “Cargill Appoints Brian Sikes as President and Chief Executive Officer, and Dave MacLennan as Executive Chair of the Board”, https://www.cargill.com/2022/cargill-appoints-brian-sikes-as-president-and-ceo, published 21 November 2022, retrieved 30 September 2026
- Cargill, “Brian Sikes, Cargill President and CEO, Elected Chair of Cargill Board of Directors”, https://www.cargill.com/2023/brian-sikes-elected-chair-of-cargill-board-of-directors, published 20 December 2023, retrieved 30 September 2026
Group Structure
Group structure of Cargill, Incorporated
Cargill, Incorporated (Delaware file 286124) sits at the top of its accounting group. Its GLEIF record reports no direct or ultimate accounting-consolidation parent, giving the reason “non-consolidating”. In the GLEIF relationship data (golden copy of 30 September 2026), Cargill, Incorporated is the direct accounting-consolidation parent of 48 entities with LEIs and the ultimate parent of 153. They are spread across the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Russia, Norway, Malaysia, Singapore, Switzerland, Romania, Poland, the United States, Canada, China and other countries.
GLEIF relationships are accounting-consolidation links reported to the LEI system. They show that an entity is consolidated into Cargill’s accounts. They do not prove that Cargill, Incorporated directly holds its shares, and they give no ownership percentages. Only entities that hold an LEI appear, so the full list of Cargill subsidiaries is larger than GLEIF shows. The table lists a selection of fully corroborated direct-consolidation records.
Verified corporate relationships
| Entity | Country | Registration number | Relationship | Ownership | Status | Information date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cargill Holdings | United Kingdom | 00986532 | Direct accounting-consolidation child (GLEIF) | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Active | 30 Sep 2026 |
| Cargill Asia Pacific Holdings Pte. Ltd. | Singapore | 200401312G | Direct accounting-consolidation child (GLEIF) | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Active | 30 Sep 2026 |
| Cargill Financial Services Europe B.V. | Netherlands | 72890029 | Direct accounting-consolidation child (GLEIF) | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Active | 30 Sep 2026 |
| Cargill IB LLC | United States (Delaware) | 3758318 | Direct accounting-consolidation child (GLEIF) | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Active | 30 Sep 2026 |
| Cargill Holdings (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. | Malaysia | 199101007116 (217426-K) | Direct accounting-consolidation child (GLEIF) | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Active | 30 Sep 2026 |
| EWOS Group AS | Norway | 812 168 592 | Direct accounting-consolidation child (GLEIF) | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Active | 30 Sep 2026 |
| The Mosaic Company | United States (Delaware) | SEC CIK 1285785 | Historical: majority stockholder (about 64% of common stock per the April 2011 proxy) | About 64% (April 2011); nil from 25 May 2011 | Relationship ended 25 May 2011 | 19 Jul 2011 |
Recent structural changes
- 25 May 2011: Cargill disposed of its entire stake in The Mosaic Company. Mosaic’s 10-K says Cargill exchanged about 178.3 million Mosaic shares for Cargill stock in a split-off and the remaining 107.5 million with certain Cargill debt holders for Cargill debt, and that “as of May 25, 2011, Cargill no longer owned any outstanding shares of Mosaic”.
Data availability
Partial. Delaware does not publish subsidiary or ownership data, and Cargill, Incorporated files no SEC subsidiary list. The group picture here therefore rests on GLEIF consolidation records, which cover only entities with an LEI and carry no percentages. On the UK register, Cargill Holdings (00986532) carries a statement notified on 5 November 2016 that there is no registrable person or registrable relevant legal entity, so the UK register does not name its holder.
Sources
- GLEIF, LEI record and reporting exceptions for QXZYQNMR4JZ5RIRN4T31, https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/QXZYQNMR4JZ5RIRN4T31, retrieved 30 September 2026
- GLEIF, direct-children relationships of QXZYQNMR4JZ5RIRN4T31, https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/QXZYQNMR4JZ5RIRN4T31/direct-children, golden copy 30 September 2026, retrieved 30 September 2026
- Companies House, persons with significant control, Cargill Holdings (00986532), https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00986532/persons-with-significant-control, retrieved 30 September 2026
- The Mosaic Company, Definitive proxy statement (DEFM14A), https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1285785/000119312511093299/ddefm14a.htm, filed 11 April 2011, retrieved 30 September 2026
- The Mosaic Company, Annual report on Form 10-K, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1285785/000119312511191456/d10k.htm, filed 19 July 2011, retrieved 30 September 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does CARGILL INC do?
Cargill, Incorporated is a privately held Delaware corporation (Delaware file 286124) that sources, trades, processes and distributes agricultural commodities and sells food ingredients, meat and poultry, animal feed and bio-based industrial products. It reports operations in 70 countries and more than 155,000 employees (2026 Annual Report).
Who owns CARGILL INC?
Cargill describes itself as family-owned, but no current shareholder list or ownership percentages are published in any official source. SEC filings from 2011 record that the MAC Trusts, formed through the estate of Margaret A. Cargill, exchanged all of their Cargill stock in the Mosaic split-off completed on 25 May 2011.
Who is CARGILL INC's UBO (Ultimate Beneficial Owner)?
No ultimate beneficial owner of Cargill, Incorporated could be identified from an authoritative source, and no official filing discloses current ownership percentages.
What is CARGILL INC's company registration number?
CARGILL INC's registration number is 6537600, filed with Indiana Secretary of State — INBiz in United States. Its current status on the register is active.
Is CARGILL INC still an active company?
CARGILL INC's status on Indiana Secretary of State — INBiz is listed as active.
When was CARGILL INC incorporated?
CARGILL INC was incorporated on 14 January 2029, according to Indiana Secretary of State — INBiz.
What is CARGILL INC's registered address?
The registered address on file for CARGILL INC is HAMMOND, United States.
What legal structure is CARGILL INC registered as?
CARGILL INC is registered as a Private limited company (Ltd.) in United States.
What is CARGILL INC's revenue?
Cargill announced consolidated revenue of $164 billion for fiscal year 2026 in its 2026 Annual Report. This is the company's own announced figure; Cargill does not file financial statements with the SEC.
Is CARGILL INC listed on a stock exchange?
Cargill, Incorporated is not listed on any stock exchange; it is privately held and has no publicly traded shares.
Who are the officers/directors of CARGILL INC?
The Minnesota Secretary of State records James Brian Sikes as Chief Executive Officer of Cargill, Incorporated. Cargill states that he became President and CEO on 1 January 2023 and Chair of the Board on 1 January 2024.
Does CARGILL INC have a parent company or subsidiaries?
Cargill, Incorporated is the top of its accounting group: GLEIF reports no consolidating parent and lists it as the direct consolidation parent of 48 LEI-registered entities and the ultimate parent of 153. It sold its entire stake in The Mosaic Company on 25 May 2011.
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