About Hershey Trust Company

Hershey Trust Company is an independent trust company founded by Milton S. Hershey in 1905. The stock of Hershey Trust Company is wholly owned by the Milton Hershey School Trust. In 1909, Milton Hershey created the Milton Hershey School Trust and appointed Hershey Trust Company as its trustee to provide investment management and administration for the School Trust. Mr. Hershey established the School Trust to provide for the health, education and welfare of orphaned boys. The School’s original enrollment was ten students. Today, 100 years later, Mr. Hershey’s legacy continues. The School currently has an enrollment of more than 1,300 students, with an equal mix of boys and girls. Enrollment is expected to grow to 1,800 students in the next couple of years.

Because of Hershey Trust Company’s consistent, superior investment management of Milton Hershey’s original funding of 486 acres of land and $60 million in Hershey Chocolate Company stock, the School Trust’s assets have grown to a value exceeding $7 billion today.