SYSCO CORPORATION

Sysco Corporation is a publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol SYY. Under U.S. securities law, only investors who beneficially own 5% or more of its outstanding common stock are individually required to disclose their holdings, so the shareholder information available for Sysco Corporation reflects major shareholders only rather than a complete shareholder register. On this basis, two institutional investors are currently identified as major shareholders. The Vanguard Group, Inc. reported beneficial ownership of 61,089,055 shares, equal to 12.42% of Sysco Corporation’s outstanding common stock, in a Schedule 13G/A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on 12 November 2024, reporting its position as of 30 September 2024. BlackRock, Inc. reported beneficial ownership of 37,984,016 shares, equal to 7.7% of the outstanding common stock, in a Schedule 13G/A filed on 5 February 2025, reporting its position as of 31 December 2024. Both filings were made on Schedule 13G rather than Schedule 13D, indicating passive institutional investment rather than an intent to influence or control the company.

Beyond these two disclosed holders, numerous additional institutional and index-fund investors are known to hold smaller stakes that fall below the 5% disclosure threshold and are therefore not individually reportable under SEC rules; their individual holdings are not restated here. No ultimate beneficial owner can be identified for Sysco Corporation from the available information, because every disclosed major shareholder is an investment management company acting on behalf of pooled funds and client accounts rather than a natural person.

Corporate officer information filed with the Texas Secretary of State for Sysco Corporation (file number 0002980106) lists five officers, without appointment or resignation dates, including individuals in the roles of president and executive vice president, plus an individual recorded in a role described as founder. Comparing this filed record against Sysco Corporation’s own public disclosures shows that at least part of it is out of date: the individual shown as executive vice president left his position as Sysco Corporation’s Chief Financial Officer in January 2023, and the individual recorded as founder is deceased. The Texas Secretary of State officer record is therefore best treated as a historical filing rather than a current directory of the company’s management, and should not be relied on alone to identify who currently holds these positions.

Based on Sysco Corporation’s own SEC filings and official announcements, its current senior leadership includes Kevin P. Hourican, who has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since February 2020 and was appointed Chair of the Board effective 30 April 2024, succeeding Edward D. Shirley in that role, and Kenny K. Cheung, who was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective 17 April 2023, succeeding Aaron E. Alt. Nationality and country of residence are not disclosed for these individuals in the sources reviewed for this profile; the correspondence address shown in the Texas filing is a business address for service of process and communications, not a personal or residential address.

Recent officer and director changes

Kenny K. Cheung was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective 17 April 2023, succeeding Aaron E. Alt (source: Sysco Corporation press release, March 2023). Kevin P. Hourican was appointed Chair of the Board effective 30 April 2024, in addition to his existing role as President and Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Edward D. Shirley (source: Sysco Corporation press release, 30 April 2024). Effective 1 September 2026, Sysco Corporation’s Board of Directors was expanded from eleven to thirteen members with the election of two additional independent directors (source: Sysco Corporation announcement, August 2026).

Officer and director information for Sysco Corporation is therefore of mixed currency: registry-filed officer data available through the Texas Secretary of State appears historical, while the company’s own SEC filings and press releases provide dated, current confirmation of its most senior executive and board appointments. Nationality is not a field disclosed in either source.

Sysco Corporation sits at the top of its own corporate group. It has no parent company, and its common stock trades publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol SYY. Corporate registration data collected across the jurisdictions in which the group operates shows a very large number of subsidiary entities registered beneath Sysco Corporation, consistent with its operating model of numerous state- and country-specific distribution companies, several of which combine the Sysco name with a city or regional name, together with a number of specialty divisions and international holding companies used to hold operations outside the United States, including entities registered in Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Luxembourg and other jurisdictions. This picture should be treated as broad and partial rather than exhaustive: it reflects entities for which registration data has been filed and located, individual ownership percentages are largely not confirmed, and additional layers of ownership may exist that are not captured here.

One verified recent structural change is Sysco Corporation’s acquisition of Edward Don & Company, LLC, a Chicago-based distributor of foodservice equipment, supplies and disposables. Sysco Corporation announced the agreement on 11 October 2023 and completed the acquisition from Vestar Capital Partners, LLC and the Don family on 27 November 2023, for consideration of approximately 970 million US dollars. Ownership percentage following completion is not disclosed in the sources reviewed, though following completion Edward Don & Company has operated as a standalone specialty division within Sysco Corporation, retaining its existing leadership team.

Group-level disclosure for Sysco Corporation is best described as partial: Sysco Corporation’s position at the top of the group and its acquisition of Edward Don & Company are independently verifiable, but the ownership percentages, voting control and current status of most of the individual entities recorded beneath it have not been independently confirmed for this profile and are not restated here.