BNET Industries

Gold Kist Inc.

is in the Food Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.8B

Private
US

Dow Jones Description

Feeding the US Army! Gold Kist Inc. based in Atlanta, GA, is one of the largest chicken companies in the US. More than 2,300 family farmers in the Southeast produce 14 million chickens a week. These include whole and cut-up chickens, segregated chicken parts, and further-processed products packaged in various forms, including breaded chicken nuggets and patties. It is also involved in systems for waste water processing and material handling. Its clients are grocery stores, school systems, the U.S. military services, quick serve restaurant chains, foreign countries and others. Founded in 1933, this $2.3 billion company employs about 16,500 people.

CEO

John Bekkers

Number of Employees 16,500

Contact Information

244 Perimeter Center Pkwy NE

PO Box 2210

Atlanta, Georgia 30346-2302

www.goldkist.co...

(770) 393-5000

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Poultry Hatcheries: 112340

Executive Profiles

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio)	Position
John Bekkers	CEO
Stephen O. West	CFO
Michael Stimpert	Senior Vice President, Planning & Admin
Allen Merritt	Vice President, Science & Technology
David Dyson	General Counsel, Vice President & Secretary
Donald Mabe	Vice President, Operations
Harry McDonald	Vice President, HR
Jerry Stewart	Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Marshall Smitherman	Vice President, Purchasing
Sandra Kearney	Vice President, Info Services
Wayne Lord	Vice President, Corp Relations
William Andersen	Vice President, Sales, Marketing
Greg Moore	Director, Marketing
Barbara Davenport	Manager, Marketing
Jennifer Besing	Manager, Marketing, Foodservice
Jim Doyle	Manager, Corp Purchasing
W.F. Pohl	Controller
A Wayne Lord
J David Dyson
Michael I. Naumann	Treasurer
Pam Corbin

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio)	Position
A. D. Frazier Jr.	Board of Directors
A.D. Frazier	Board of Directors
Dan Smalley	Board of Directors
Douglas A. Reeves	Board of Directors
Jeffery A. Henderson	Board of Directors
John D. Johnson	Board of Directors
R. Randolph Devening	Board of Directors
Ray A. Goldberg	Board Director
Wayne Woody	Board of Directors

Organization	Position	Status
Gold Kist Inc.	CEO	Current
Gold Kist Inc.	CEO	Current
Gold Kist, Inc.		Current
Rabobank Nederland	member	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Gold Kist Inc.	CFO	Current
Gold Kist, Inc.		Current
U.S. Navy		Former
Georgia State University	Master's Degrees in Accounting and in Finance	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Gold Kist Inc.	Senior Vice President, Planning & Admin	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Gold Kist Inc.	Vice President, Science & Technology	Current
Gold Kist, Inc.		Current
United States Army		Former
Georgia Institute of Technology	doctorate degrees	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Gold Kist Inc.	General Counsel, Vice President & Secretary	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Gold Kist Inc.	Vice President, Operations	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Gold Kist Inc.	Vice President, HR	Current
Gold Kist, Inc.		Current
Seaboard Farms, Inc.	president	Former
University of Montevallo	bachelor's degree in business administration	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Gold Kist Inc.	Vice President, Sales & Marketing	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Gold Kist Inc.	Vice President, Purchasing	Current
Gold Kist, Inc.		Current
Auburn University	bachelor's degree in agricultural economics	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Gold Kist Inc.	Vice President, Info Services	Current
Gold Kist, Inc.		Current
Georgia CIO	Board of Directors	Current
Fastechnologies, Inc.	CEO	Former
Fastechnologies, Inc.	Chief Technology Officer	Former
La Quinta Inns, Inc.	Vice President of Information Systems	Former
Louisiana State University	Bachelor's Degree In Computer Science	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Gold Kist Inc.	Vice President, Corp Relations	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Gold Kist Inc.	Vice President, Sales, Marketing	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Gold Kist Inc.	Director, Marketing	Current
Gold Kist Inc.	Director, Marketing	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Gold Kist Inc.	Manager, Marketing	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Gold Kist Inc.	Manager, Marketing, Foodservice	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Gold Kist Inc.	Manager, Corp Purchasing	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Gold Kist Inc.	Controller	Current
Gold Kist, Inc.		Current
The University of Georgia	degrees in accounting	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Gold Kist, Inc.		Current
Gold Kist Inc.		Current
U.S. Navy		Former
Georgetown University	doctorate	Former
Birmingham-Southern College	bachelor's degree	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Gold Kist, Inc.		Current
Gold Kist Inc.		Current
Emory University	JD	Former
Louisiana Tech University	bachelor's degree in business administration	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Gold Kist Inc.	Treasurer	Current
Gold Kist, Inc.		Current
Burroughs Co		Former
Georgia State University	MBA in finance	Former
Wabash College	bachelor's degree in economics	Former

Pam Corbin is our Custodian. She does a great job of keeping our facility tidy and clean. Pam also works for Gold Kist Inc. in Ellijay.

Organization	Position	Status
First United Methodist Church - Ellijay	Custodian	Current
Gold Kist Inc.		Current

EUGENE C. FIEDOREK, 76, is a private investor. Formerly, he was managing director of EnCap Investments L.C., a Dallas, Texas, energy investment banking firm, from 1988 until March 1999, when EnCap was acquired by El Paso Energy. Mr. Fiedorek was the managing director of the Energy Banking Group of First RepublicBank Corp. in Dallas, Texas, from 1978 to 1988. At Apache, he is a member of the audit committee. He has been a director since 1988.

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Organization	Position	Status
Gold Kist Inc.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Gold Kist Inc.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Gold Kist Inc.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Gold Kist Inc.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Gold Kist Inc.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Gold Kist Inc.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Harvard Business School	Professor of Agriculture and Business	Current
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