Sheldon Lavin (June 17, 1932 – May 26, 2023) was an American billionaire businessman, and the owner, chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of OSI Group, a US meat processor and the main hamburger supplier to McDonald's.
[2] He earned a bachelor's degree in business from Roosevelt University in Chicago.
[2] In 1970, Lavin worked with OSI as a consultant to help the company organize the financing of its first modern meat plant.
[5] Lavin was a contributor to and active in many charities including Ronald McDonald House Charities (for which was a Chairman of the capital campaign from 2013-2015), the Inner City Foundation of Chicago, Jewish United Fund and numerous other Jewish charities, Evans Scholarship Fund, Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago, United Negro College Fund, The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, and many other national and local charities.
In November 2013, Lavin was inducted into the Meat Industry Hall of Fame.