---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000088121-24-000041"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SEB"
cik: "0000088121"
company_name: "SEABOARD CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-03-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T08:53:37.552665+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Seaboard Foods CEO Peter Brown to retire June 28; Chad Groves named successor

## Summary
- Peter B. Brown to retire as President & CEO of Seaboard Foods effective June 28, 2024.
- Chad Groves appointed as new President & CEO, effective upon Brown's retirement.
- Groves previously SVP of Global Sales, Marketing, & Innovation at Seaboard Foods.
- Brown joined Seaboard Foods in Jan 2021; led pork division for over 3 years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000088121-24-000041
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SEB
- cik: 0000088121
- company_name: SEABOARD CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-03-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88121/000008812124000041/0000088121-24-000041-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88121/000008812124000041/seb-20240325x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000088121-24-000041
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000088121-24-000041.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000088121-24-000041.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Chad Groves was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of Seaboard Foods LLC at SEABOARD CORP /DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer of Seaboard Foods LLC
  source text: Chad Groves has been appointed to succeed Mr. Brown as President and Chief Executive Officer of Seaboard Foods effective upon Mr. Brown's retirement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88121/000008812124000041/0000088121-24-000041-index.htm
- Executive change
  Peter B. Brown departed as President and Chief Executive Officer of Seaboard Foods LLC at SEABOARD CORP /DE/.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer of Seaboard Foods LLC
  source text: On March 25, 2024, Peter B. Brown, President and Chief Executive Officer of Seaboard Foods LLC (“Seaboard Foods”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Seaboard Corporation (the “Company”), gave notice of his intention to retire from Seaboard Foods effective June 28, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88121/000008812124000041/0000088121-24-000041-index.htm

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