Cargill

American-based international food conglomerate
Organization business Q1036056
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Cargill

Summary

Cargill is a business[1]. Cargill ranks in the top 0.64% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,731 views/month, #188 of 29,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cargill is in the country of United States[3].
  • Cargill's image is recorded as Cargill grain elevator and terminal.jpg[4].
  • Cargill's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Cargill's instance of is recorded as enterprise[6].
  • Cargill's founder is recorded as William Wallace Cargill[7].
  • Cargill's owned by is recorded as Cargill family[8].
  • Cargill's logo image is recorded as CargillLogo.svg[9].
  • Cargill's headquarters location is recorded as Minnetonka[10].
  • Cargill's chief executive officer is recorded as Brian Sikes[11].
  • Cargill's ISNI is recorded as 0000000107035300[12].
  • Cargill's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 173298349[13].
  • Cargill's child organization or unit is recorded as Wilbur Chocolate Company[14].
  • Cargill's child organization or unit is recorded as NatureWorks[15].
  • Cargill's child organization or unit is recorded as Frontier Agriculture[16].
  • Cargill's child organization or unit is recorded as Cargill Canada[17].
  • Cargill's child organization or unit is recorded as Cargill Meat Solutions[18].
  • Cargill's child organization or unit is recorded as Provimi[19].
  • Cargill's child organization or unit is recorded as Cargill (Netherlands)[20].
  • Cargill's child organization or unit is recorded as Cargill (France)[21].
  • Cargill's child organization or unit is recorded as Cargill (United Kingdom)[22].
  • Cargill's Commons category is recorded as Cargill (company)[23].
  • Cargill's industry is recorded as conglomerate[24].
  • +1865-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cargill[25].
  • Cargill's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03sw9w[26].
  • Cargill's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ko20241244586[27].

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Founding

Cargill's founder is recorded as William Wallace Cargill[7]. +1865-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cargill[25].

Leadership

Cargill's chief executive officer is recorded as Brian Sikes[11].

Operations

Cargill's headquarters location is recorded as Minnetonka[10]. Subsidiaries include Wilbur Chocolate Company[14], a chocolate museum[28], in United States[29], founded in 1865[30]; NatureWorks[15], a business[31], in United States[32], founded in 1989[33], headquartered in Wilmington[34]; Frontier Agriculture[16], a business[35], in United Kingdom[36], founded in 2005[37], headquartered in Witham St Hughs[38]; Cargill Canada[17], a business[39], in Canada[40], founded in 1928[41], headquartered in Winnipeg[42]; Cargill Meat Solutions[18]; and Provimi[19], an organization[43], in Netherlands[44], founded in 1991[45], headquartered in Rotterdam[46].

Industry

Cargill's industry is recorded as conglomerate[24].

Ownership

Cargill's owned by is recorded as Cargill family[8]. Products include food[47], animal feed[48], manufactured good[49], food service[50], transport[51], and medication[52].

Why It Matters

Cargill ranks in the top 0.64% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,731 views/month, #188 of 29,529).[2] Cargill has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] Cargill is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . GRID. Retrieved . grid.ac. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . cargill.com. cargill.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . cargill.com. cargill.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . natureworksllc.com. natureworksllc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . cargill.co.uk. cargill.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [47] . wikidata.org.
  27. [48] . wikidata.org.
  28. [49] . wikidata.org.
  29. [50] . wikidata.org.
  30. [51] . wikidata.org.
  31. [52] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  18. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  19. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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