George A. Hormel was the founder of Hormel

Hormel

Hormel Foods Corporation is a food company based in southeastern Minnesota , perhaps best known as the producer of Spam luncheon meat. The company was founded as George A. Hormel & Company in Austin, Minnesota, U.S., by George A. Hormel in 1891. The company changed its name to Hormel Foods...

 (then known as George A. Hormel & Co.) in 1891.

Hormel was born in Buffalo, New York

Buffalo, New York

Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...

, USA, in 1860 and later settled in Austin, Minnesota

Austin, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 23,314 people, 9,897 households, and 6,076 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,168.2 people per square mile . There were 10,261 housing units at an average density of 954.3 per square mile...

. He established his meat packing company in 1891 and established a food company that continues to thrive today.

He remained head of the company until 1929 (passed to his son Jay Catherwood Hormel

Jay Catherwood Hormel

Jay Catherwood Hormel was the son of George A. Hormel, founder of Hormel Foods, and was head of the company from 1929 to 1954.Hormel was born in Austin, Minnesota, in 1892....

). He died in 1946.