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Sysco is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Its family of products also includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality industries. With more than 58,000 colleagues, the company operates 343 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more than 650,000 customer locations. For fiscal 2021 that ended July 3, 2021, the company generated sales of more than $51 billion. Information about our CSR program, including Sysco’s 2020 Corporate Social Responsibility Report, can be found at sysco.com/csr2020report. read more

EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANTS: 344

TOTAL RATINGS: 5026

CEO: Kevin Hourican

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Kevin Hourican Sysco CEO Rating

Sysco's CEO, Kevin Hourican, has 324 employee ratings and a score of 63/100, placing them in the Bottom 30% of similar size companies on Comparably with 10,000+ Employees and Bottom 35% of other companies in Houston. When breaking the CEO score down by factors such as department, gender, and ethnicity, we see that females at Sysco rate Kevin Hourican higher than males, giving the CEO a score of 75/100.

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Where This Score Ranks Sysco's CEO Rating

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In the Bottom 30% of 1339 Similar Sized Companies on Comparably
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In the Bottom 35% of 65 Nearby Companies in Houston
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Sysco CEO Kevin Hourican Bio

Kevin Hourican

President and Chief Executive Officer Elect

Kevin Hourican is President and Chief Executive Officer of Sysco Corporation, the world’s largest global food service distributor, effective February 1, 2020.

Hourican is a proven business leader with two decades of experience driving market-leading growth for large organizations. Before joining Sysco, Hourican spent over 7 years at CVS Health in leadership positions of increasing responsibility. His last position was executive vice president of CVS Health and president of CVS Pharmacy, overseeing CVS’ $85 billion retail business, including its 9,900 retail stores and over [200,000] employees, as well as merchandising, marketing, supply chain, real estate, front store operations, pharmacy growth, pharmacy clinical care and pharmacy operations. He previously held the role of executive vice president, retail pharmacy and supply chain and led CVS’ pharmacy operations, professional services and retail pharmacy product innovation and development functions, as well as the company’s supply chain organization. Prior to joining CVS Health, Hourican served in executive leadership roles at Macy’s, most recently serving as senior vice president, regional director of stores, responsible for the management of 110 department stores in the Mid-Atlantic region.

He holds an undergraduate degree in economics and a master’s degree in supply chain management from The Pennsylvania State University.

Kevin is an active member of the board of directors of the Alzheimer's Association. In 2019, he personally led a fundraising campaign that raised over $5 million for the association. He is also currently a member of the executive committee and board of directors of the National Chain Drug Stores (NACDS).

Who Ranks Sysco's CEO Rating the Highest?

Department - Customer Support 90/100

Tenure - 1 to 2 Years 88/100

Ethnicity - Native American 86/100

Who Ranks Sysco's CEO Rating the Lowest?

Department - Finance 47/100

Tenure - Over 10 Years 55/100

Department - Operations 56/100

Sysco CEO Kevin Hourican At a Glance

The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at Sysco.

Based on 324 ratings, Kevin Hourican ranks right below Performance Food Group's CEO, George Holm.

Sysco's CEO is highly regarded by the Customer Support department, employees who have been at the company 1 to 2 Years, and Native American employees. However, the Finance department, employees who have been at the company Over 10 Years, and the Operations department have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Overall, the CEO score has remained stable over the last 90 days.