Sioux City native & CEO of Land OLakes named Times 100 Most Influential People for 2024 [Video]

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) – A Sioux City native was named in Time 100 2024 Most Influential People.

Beth Ford, CEO of Land O’ Lakes received recognition in the issue of the magazine. The writer of her piece was Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock.

“One of Beth’s first jobs was detasseling corn in Iowa for $2 an hour,” wrote Fink in the Time Magazine issue. “Today, she leads an American icon, Land O’Lakes—a cooperative of thousands of farmers, who Beth reminds us carry the most risk in the food supply chain. That’s why she’s been at the forefront of a national effort to invest in America’s rural communities, from wider broadband coverage, to helping farmers adapt to the changing climate, to stronger trade efforts and more funding for agricultural R&D.”

Ford also graduated from Sioux City Bishop Heelan High School in 1982 and Iowa State University in 1986.