---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000100493-25-000058"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TSN"
cik: "0000100493"
company_name: "TYSON FOODS, INC."
filed_at: "2025-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T02:52:59.483415+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tyson Foods appoints Olivia Tyson and John R. Tyson to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Olivia Tyson and John R. Tyson appointed effective May 8, 2025; they are children of Chairman John H. Tyson.
- John R. Tyson previously served as CFO and Chief Strategy Officer; will serve on Strategy and Acquisitions and Technology Committees.
- Olivia Tyson serves as President of Tyson Family Foundation; will serve on Compensation and Leadership Development and Technology Committees.
- Both are fourth generation family members; company founded by great-grandfather John W. Tyson.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000100493-25-000058
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TSN
- cik: 0000100493
- company_name: TYSON FOODS, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-05-08T23:59:59+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/100493/000010049325000058/0000100493-25-000058-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100493/000010049325000058/tsn-20250508.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000100493-25-000058
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000100493-25-000058.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000100493-25-000058.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 5bc2d04f43
  claim: Olivia Tyson was appointed as Director at TYSON FOODS, INC..
  evidence_excerpt: Effective May 8, 2025 (the “Effective Date”), the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Tyson Foods, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from thirteen to fifteen directors and appointed Ms. Olivia Tyson and Mr. John R. Tyson as members of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100493/000010049325000058/0000100493-25-000058-index.htm
- claim_id: c187c85dc9
  claim: John R. Tyson was appointed as Director at TYSON FOODS, INC..
  evidence_excerpt: Effective May 8, 2025 (the “Effective Date”), the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Tyson Foods, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from thirteen to fifteen directors and appointed Ms. Olivia Tyson and Mr. John R. Tyson as members of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100493/000010049325000058/0000100493-25-000058-index.htm

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