Who Owns Smithfield Foods?
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Ownership Chain
Smithfield Foods
Smithfield Foods is a U.S.-based, publicly traded meat processing company and one of the world’s largest producers of packaged meats and fresh pork products.
WH Group Limited
WH Group Limited is a Hong Kong–based public holding company and the world’s largest vertically integrated pork producer, operating extensive pork and packaged meat businesses across China, the US and Europe.
Smithfield Foods
Smithfield Foods is a U.S.-based, publicly traded meat processing company and one of the world’s largest producers of packaged meats and fresh pork products.
WH Group Limited
WH Group Limited is a Hong Kong–based public holding company and the world’s largest vertically integrated pork producer, operating extensive pork and packaged meat businesses across China, the US and Europe.
Major Shareholders
Smithfield Foods
Major Shareholders
| Name | Type | Ownership | Voting | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
WH Group Limited (via SFDS UK Holdings Ltd.) Beneficial owner of 342,036,069 Smithfield Foods common shares (~87% of outstanding), held through its wholly owned subsidiary SFDS UK Holdings Limited, per WH Group’s Schedule 13G/A filed November 12, 2025. | Corporate | 87.0% | 87.0% | Oct 2025 |
Long Wan Chairman of WH Group; directly owns approximately 5,060,000 Smithfield Foods shares (~1.3% of the company). | Individual | 1.3% | 1.3% | Dec 2025 |
Millennium Management LLC Hedge fund manager; holds approximately 3,634,709 Smithfield Foods shares. | Institutional | 0.9% | 0.9% | Dec 2025 |
Fidelity Management & Research Co. LLC Asset manager affiliated with Fidelity Investments; holds approximately 2,734,209 shares. | Institutional | 0.7% | 0.7% | Dec 2025 |
Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc. Asset management arm of Morgan Stanley; holds approximately 1,950,585 shares. | Institutional | 0.5% | 0.5% | Dec 2025 |
Zimmer Partners LP Investment firm; holds approximately 1,836,714 shares of Smithfield Foods. | Institutional | 0.5% | 0.5% | Dec 2025 |
Two Sigma Advisers LP Quantitative investment manager; holds approximately 1,727,944 shares of Smithfield Foods. | Institutional | 0.4% | 0.4% | Dec 2025 |
WH Group Limited
Major Shareholders
| Name | Type | Ownership | Voting | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Heroic Zone Investments Limited / Rise Grand Group Limited (Heroic Zone Share Plan) Through the Heroic Zone Share Plan, Heroic Zone Investments Limited (wholly owned by Rise Grand Group Limited) controls about 5,029,376,978 WH Group shares, representing roughly 39.20% of issued voting shares, according to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange consolidated list of substantial shareholders as at 9 September 2025. This block is economically held by a broad group of existing and former employees of Shuanghui Development and related entities, and is treated as WH Group’s controlling shareholder; because of trust and share‑plan structures, some of this holding is also counted within certain insiders’ deemed interests, so percentages are not additive. | Corporate | 39.2% | 39.2% | Sep 2025 |
Wan Long and family interests (via Wan Long Trust, Cantrust (Far East) Limited and related BVI vehicles) Founder and chairman Wan Long is deemed under Hong Kong securities law to be interested in approximately 4,066,716,090 WH Group shares (largely held through the Wan Long Trust, for which Cantrust (Far East) Limited acts as trustee), equal to about 31.7% of issued shares. This interest combines a discretionary family trust position and a small direct personal holding, based on director and corporate substantial shareholder filings dated 6 May 2025 and reflected in the HKEX consolidated substantial shareholder list; part of this interest arises indirectly through participation in the Heroic Zone Share Plan, so it overlaps with the controlling shareholder block above. | Founder | 31.7% | 31.7% | Sep 2025 |
BlackRock, Inc. (and affiliated investment funds) Global asset manager BlackRock, Inc. and its subsidiaries disclosed a long position of about 924,538,378 WH Group shares, corresponding to roughly 7.21% of issued voting shares, in Hong Kong disclosure of interests filings, with the last notice dated 28 August 2025 and included in the HKEX consolidated list of substantial shareholders. | Institutional | 7.2% | 7.2% | Aug 2025 |
Mondrian Investment Partners Limited UK‑based asset manager Mondrian Investment Partners Limited is reported by third‑party shareholder analytics to own approximately 640.3 million WH Group shares, or around 4.99% of the company, based on ownership data last updated on 26 September 2025. This stake is below Hong Kong’s 5% statutory “substantial shareholder” threshold and therefore may not appear in HKEX disclosure lists. | Institutional | 5.0% | 5.0% | Sep 2025 |
The Vanguard Group, Inc. US index‑fund manager The Vanguard Group, Inc. is shown in external ownership data as holding about 342.99 million WH Group shares, representing roughly 2.67% of outstanding shares, with data current to late September 2025; like other sub‑5% holders, this position is not required to be reported as a “substantial shareholder” in Hong Kong. | Institutional | 2.7% | 2.7% | Sep 2025 |
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