Kevin Hourican

Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Sysco

Last Reviewed: October 3, 2026

Executive Summary

Kevin Hourican has been Chief Executive Officer of Sysco since February 2020 and Chair of the Board since 2024. He leads the foodservice distributor’s transformation program, which its proxy describes as aimed at improving how Sysco supports customers and accelerating profitable sales growth, and its planned acquisition of Jetro Restaurant Depot. Before Sysco he was an executive vice president of CVS Health and president of CVS Pharmacy, overseeing its retail business, including merchandising, marketing, supply chain, real estate, store operations and pharmacy operations. Earlier he held executive leadership roles at Macy’s. He is a director of Tapestry and a member of the Business Roundtable and the Wall Street Journal CEO Council. He came to food distribution from retail.

Career Highlights

• Chief Executive Officer of Sysco since February 2020; Chair of the Board since 2024.
• President and Chief Executive Officer of Sysco, 2020 to 2025.
• Executive Vice President of CVS Health and President of CVS Pharmacy.
• Executive leadership roles at Macy’s.
• Director of Tapestry, Inc. since 2024.

Professional Journey

Hourican held executive leadership roles at Macy’s before joining CVS Health, where he became an executive vice president and president of CVS Pharmacy, according to Sysco’s 2026 proxy. In that role he oversaw the retail business, including its stores, merchandising, marketing, supply chain, real estate, front store operations and pharmacy growth, clinical care and operations.

He joined Sysco as president and chief executive and a director in February 2020, and in 2024 also became chair of the board. The proxy says he leads the company’s large-scale, customer-focused transformation, with a focus on customer experience, specialty distribution and international markets.

Since 2020 he has been a member of the Wall Street Journal CEO Council and the Business Roundtable, and since 2024 a director of Tapestry, Inc. In September 2026 Sysco’s board approved a one-time performance award for him tied to the integration of Jetro Restaurant Depot, which the company expects to complete by the third quarter of 2027. Sysco, a Houston-based foodservice distributor, operated 333 distribution facilities across North America and Europe at the end of fiscal 2026 and in March 2026 agreed to acquire Jetro Restaurant Depot, according to its 10-K.

Education

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