Paul Peil

As vice president of marketing for fresh and ready meats, Paul Peil oversees fresh pork, Jennie-O, HORMEL^® CURE 81^® brand, and the deli category for Retail customers. Hormel Foods is a global branded food company with approximately $12 billion in annual revenue across more than 75 countries worldwide. Hormel Foods is a member of the S&P 500 Index and has been designated a S&P 500 Dividend King. Its brands include PLANTERS^®, SKIPPY^®, SPAM^®, HORMEL^® NATURAL CHOICE^®, APPLEGATE^®, JUSTIN’S^®, WHOLLY^®, HORMEL^® BLACK LABEL^®, COLUMBUS^®, JENNIE-O^® 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 and has received numerous other awards and accolades for its corporate responsibility and community service efforts.

Peil joined Hormel Foods in 1989 as a sales trainee and went on to hone a successful career with a focus on Meat Products sales. He advanced through positions of retail sales representative, account executive and district sales manager. He was named a national accounts manager for fresh pork in 1997 and later led fresh-meat sales as a director beginning in 2012. In 2019, Peil was promoted to vice president of sales for the retail division of Jennie-O Turkey Store, and assistant vice president of value-added meats for retail sales in 2022. He assumed his current role in 2025.

Peil graduated from the University of Dubuque, in Dubuque, Iowa, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration.

He and his wife Jolene have three married children with 7-grandchildren and more on the way. Peil enjoys fishing and spending time on the water with his family.