Henry Hsia

As vice president for Retail Marketing – Snacking and Entertaining, Henry Hsia is responsible for managing all brand-building marketing activities for the Hormel Foods portfolio of snacking and entertainment brands, including Planters^®, Corn Nuts^®, Hormel^® Pepperoni, Hormel Gatherings^® and Columbus^® craft meats.

Hormel Foods is a global branded food company with over $12 billion in annual revenue across more than 80 countries worldwide. Its brands include Planters^®, SKIPPY^®, SPAM^®, Hormel^® Natural Choice^®, Applegate^®, Justin’s^®, Columbus^®, WHOLLY^® Guacamole, Hormel^® Black Label^® and more than 30 other beloved brands. The company is a member of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, was named one of the best companies to work for by U.S. News & World Report, one of America’s most responsible companies by Newsweek, recognized by TIME magazine as one of the World’s Best Companies, received a perfect score of 100 on the 2023–24 Corporate Equality Index and has received numerous other awards and accolades for its corporate responsibility and community service efforts.

Hsia joined Hormel Foods in 2018 as a marketing lead at Columbus Craft Meats, shortly after the company acquired the premium deli-meat enterprise, and was promoted to director of marketing in 2020. Prior to Hormel Foods, he established a track record of exceptional results in marketing leadership positions at Ghirardelli, Basic American Foods, Otis Spunkmeyer and Clorox. Hsia assumed his current role in 2022.

He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Boston College, a Master of Business Administration degree from Cornell University and an executive certificate in management and leadership at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.