Who Owns Cargill?
Updated onExplore the ownership hierarchy of Cargill. See parent companies, holding structures, and ultimate controllers.
Ownership Chain
Cargill
Cargill is a privately held American multinational that provides food, agricultural, financial, and industrial products and services worldwide.
Cargill appears to be independent with no known parent company.
Cargill
Cargill is a privately held American multinational that provides food, agricultural, financial, and industrial products and services worldwide.
Cargill appears to be independent with no known parent company.
Major Shareholders
Cargill
Major Shareholders
| Name | Type | Ownership | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
Cargill–MacMillan family (descendants of William W. Cargill and John H. MacMillan Sr.) Collective bloc of roughly 100+ descendants of the Cargill and MacMillan families. Multiple sources, including Forbes’ 2024 America’s Richest Families list and reference works on Cargill, estimate that this family group owns about 88% of Cargill, Incorporated. Cargill itself does not publish a detailed shareholder register, so this figure is an external estimate rather than an official company disclosure. | Family | 88.0% | Feb 2024 |
Cargill employees and management (employee stock ownership and related programs) The remaining shares are held primarily by employees and senior management through stock ownership programs initiated in the early 1990s, when roughly 17% of family-held shares were sold into an employee plan. Recent analyses describe the capital structure as approximately 88% owned by Cargill–MacMillan family descendants with employees owning the balance, implying an employee/management stake on the order of low double digits (around 12%). Exact percentages are not disclosed in Cargill’s own reports and are based on external estimates. | Other | 12.0% | Dec 2025 |
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