Post Holdings, Inc.
Leadership History
3 leaders · 2012 to present
Nicolas Catoggio is the CEO of Post Holdings, in the role since 2026. The first chief executive was William P. Stiritz, from 2012.
| Name | Role | From | To | Years in role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolas Catoggio | President and Chief Executive Officer | 2026 | Present | < 1 |
| Robert V. Vitale | Executive Chairman (CEO 2014-2026) | 2014 | Present | 12 |
| William P. Stiritz | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | 2012 | 2014 | 2 |
Post Holdings is a St. Louis food holding company behind Honey Bunches of Oats, Fruity Pebbles, Grape-Nuts, Malt-O-Meal, Peter Pan, Rachael Ray Nutrish, Bob Evans side dishes, Michael Foods egg products and Weetabix. It was spun off from Ralcorp in February 2012 with founding Chairman and CEO William Stiritz, and Robert Vitale ran it as CEO from November 2014 until September 2026. It first entered the Fortune 500 in 2025. The company is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Post Holdings traces its origins to C.W. Post creating Postum in 1895 in Battle Creek, Michigan, before being spun off from Ralcorp Holdings in 2012 by corporate architect William P. Stiritz as an aggressive consumer packaged goods holding company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.
Post makes money by manufacturing and selling packaged food through four segments. Post Consumer Brands sells branded and private-label cereal and granola (Honey Bunches of Oats, Pebbles, Malt-O-Meal), pet food (Rachael Ray Nutrish, Nature's Recipe, 9Lives, Kibbles 'n Bits) and Peter Pan peanut butter to grocery, mass and club retailers. Foodservice, run by Michael Foods, sells value-added egg products and potato products to restaurant chains, distributors and institutions. Refrigerated Retail sells Bob Evans side dishes, sausage and egg products to supermarkets. Weetabix sells cereal, muesli and protein shakes mainly in the United Kingdom. In Q3 fiscal 2026, Post Consumer Brands produced $974.2 million of the $1.948 billion in net sales and Foodservice produced $652.9 million.
President and Chief Executive Officer
2026 – Present
0 years (current)
Led Post Consumer Brands from September 2021, including integration of the pet food acquisitions, and became Chief Operating Officer in January 2026.
Former Boston Consulting Group Managing Director and Senior Partner who advised Post on M&A diligence and integrations before joining.
Executive Chairman (CEO 2014-2026)
2014 – Present
12 years (current)
As CEO from November 2014 to September 2026, oversaw acquisitions including MOM Brands, Weetabix, Bob Evans, the Smucker pet food brands and 8th Avenue, and the BellRing Brands separation. Post says he led over 50 capital markets and M&A transactions.
Previously Post's CFO; from October 1, 2026 advises on capital allocation as Executive Chairman.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
2012 – 2014
2 years
Stiritz orchestrated the absolute masterstroke of spinning Post out from Ralcorp, subsequently unleashing an incredibly aggressive, multi-billion dollar acquisition spree that transformed a boring cereal maker into a massive holding company.
As the legendary Chairman and former CEO, the highly revered financial architect completely defined the company's complex, private-equity-style corporate structure.
These officers report to the chief executive and are not part of the CEO timeline above.
Post faces falling cereal and pet food volumes (Q3 fiscal 2026 pet food volumes fell 7.8% and cereal and granola volumes fell 5.5%, excluding 8th Avenue), the end of avian influenza-driven egg pricing in Foodservice, higher interest expense ($317.3 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2026 versus $259.6 million a year earlier), private-label competition and retailer power.
Nicolas Catoggio has been President and CEO since October 1, 2026.
William P. Stiritz was Chairman and CEO from the February 2012 spin-off until November 1, 2014. Robert V. Vitale, previously CFO, was CEO from November 2014 to September 30, 2026.
Key executives include CEO Nicolas Catoggio, Executive Chairman Robert Vitale, CFO and Treasurer Matthew J. Mainer, and Post Consumer Brands CEO Greg Pearson.
Post says Vitale expanded the company into new categories and international markets and led more than 50 capital markets and M&A transactions, including Weetabix, Bob Evans, the BellRing separation and the Smucker pet food deal.
Post Holdings Partnering Corporation was a Post-sponsored SPAC that did not complete a business combination and was wound down in 2023.
Robert V. Vitale was appointed CEO of Post Holdings in 2014. A seasoned investment banker and corporate finance strategist, Vitale deployed over $9 billion across more than 15 acquisitions, expanding Post from a declining cereal company into a diversified $7B+ food powerhouse.
Bill Stiritz is a legendary American corporate raider and CEO who led Ralston Purina in the 1980s and 1990s. Stiritz conceived modern Post Holdings in 2012, serving as its founding Chairman and instilling an aggressive financial engineering and share-buyback discipline.
Post operates with a decentralized management structure: operating presidents run individual companies (Post Consumer Brands, Michael Foods, Weetabix) with complete operational autonomy, while corporate headquarters in St. Louis focuses strictly on capital allocation and M&A.
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