Former President and Chief Executive Officer · Hormel Foods Corp (HRL)

James Snee

A named executive officer of Hormel Foods in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2017 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$7,395,224

FY2024: $8,112,809

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed December 17, 2025 (DEF 14A).

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James Snee compensation by year

Hormel Foods Summary Compensation Table · all 9 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Hormel Foods reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$849,940$882,750$932,760$966,360$1,010,577$1,000,000$1,032,692$1,050,000$1,050,000
Bonus$400$250$400$300$200$200$0$0$0
Stock awards$0$0$0$1,625,047$1,675,044$1,750,042$2,000,038$2,000,006$2,000,013
Option awards$1,950,122$2,374,691$2,750,350$1,625,184$1,674,704$1,749,732$1,999,841$2,000,187$1,999,770
Non-equity incentive$2,108,771$2,955,987$3,309,597$5,410,600$4,792,500$4,733,850$1,347,400$1,842,450$1,453,000
Pension and deferred compensation$1,266,832$0$1,147,502$439,523$556,138$0$271,507$1,018,317$551,126
All other$144,097$139,577$183,658$213,116$248,311$244,278$134,501$201,849$341,315
Total$6,320,162$6,353,255$8,324,267$10,280,130$9,957,474$9,478,102$6,785,979$8,112,809$7,395,224

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Hormel Foods Corp DEF 14A filed December 17, 2025, accession 0000048465-25-000074, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Hormel Foods Corp filed document, accession 0000048465-25-000074. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed December 17, 2025.

$6.3M
$6.4M
$8.3M
$10.3M
$10.0M
$9.5M
$6.8M
$8.1M
$7.4M
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
Option52,450—$47.11
Option104,050—$45.34
Option269,325—$30.86
Option349,000—$29.60

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Hormel Foods Corp's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Hormel Foods’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
James Snee · this pageFormer President and Chief Executive Officer$7,395,224
Jeffrey EttingerInterim Chief Executive Officer and Board Member$6,428,699
Jacinth SmileyFormer Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$2,730,149
John GhingoPresident and Board Member$2,401,213
Colleen BatchelerSenior Vice President, External Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary$2,195,864
Swen NeufeldtGroup Vice President, Hormel Foods International$1,583,080

Board service

Hormel Foods board · FY2021–FY2024

How this board is paid

Company policy: Hormel Foods pays directors a $100,000 cash retainer and $160,000 in RSUs. As stated in Hormel Foods's FY2024 proxy.

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