Retail 2024: GEORGE L. HOLM

Holm became Performance Food Group’s leader in 2008 after more than four decades in the food service-distribution industry, with leadership roles at Sysco, US Foods, Alliant Foodservice and Vistar. He became president and CEO of PFG when the Blackstone Group and Wellspring Capital Management purchased PFG and merged it with a subsidiary of Vistar, where Holm was president and CEO. The $1.4 billion deal led to a new chapter in Holm’s venerable career.

Goochland-based PFG is ranked No. 84 on the Fortune 500 and No. 272 on the Fortune Global 500, with $57.35 billion in revenue reported in fiscal year 2023, an increase from $47.19 billion in 2022.

The company, which employs more than 30,000 people, went public in 2015, and Holm became its board chairman in 2019. PFG delivers food products to more than 300,000 locations in the United States and Canada, including restaurants, businesses, schools, theaters and retailers.

PFG is dedicated to shrinking its carbon footprint. In April, it held an open house at its Gilroy, California, facility to showcase how it has collaborated with partner companies to create a more sustainable distribution center model.