---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000047111-24-000049"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HSY"
cik: "0000047111"
company_name: "HERSHEY CO"
filed_at: "2024-09-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T06:20:07.778278+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hershey appoints Michael Del Pozzo as President, U.S. Confection, effective Sept 16

## Summary
- Michael Del Pozzo succeeds Charles Raup, who is retiring after 15 years at Hershey.
- Del Pozzo joins Hershey from PepsiCo, where he was President & GM of the $10B Gatorade business.
- He will lead Hershey's U.S. Confection portfolio including Hershey's, Reese's, and Jolly Rancher.
- Del Pozzo will serve on Hershey's Executive Committee, reporting to CEO Michele Buck.
- Raup will step down from his role on September 16 and assist with transition until retirement on December 31, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000047111-24-000049
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HSY
- cik: 0000047111
- company_name: HERSHEY CO
- filed_at: 2024-09-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000004711124000049/0000047111-24-000049-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000004711124000049/hsy-20240829.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000047111-24-000049
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000047111-24-000049.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000047111-24-000049.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 646254b970
  claim: Charles R. Raup departed as President, U.S. Confection at HERSHEY CO.
  evidence_excerpt: Charles R. Raup, President, U.S. Confection of The Hershey Company (the “Company”), informed the Company of his intention to retire effective December 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000004711124000049/0000047111-24-000049-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.