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The Coca-Cola Company
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The Coca-Cola Company

Type Public (NYSE: KO)
Founded 1892 by Asa Griggs Candler
Headquarters Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Area served Worldwide
Key people Muhtar Kent (Chairman)[1]
Industry Beverage
Products Coca-Cola
Carbonated soft drinks
Water
Other Non-alcoholic beverages [2]
Revenue ▲ USD 28.857 Billion (2007) [1]
Operating income ▲ USD 7.252 Billion (2007) [2]
Net income ▲ USD 5.981 Billion (2007) [3]
Total assets ▲ USD 43.269 Billion (2007)
Total equity ▲ USD 21.744 Billion (2007)
Employees 90,500 (September 2008)
Website www.TheCoca-ColaCompany.com


One of the Coca-Cola Company's headquarters buildings in Atlanta
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the world's largest beverage company, largest manufacturer, distributor and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups in the world and is one of the largest corporations in the United States. The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola, invented by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in 1886. The Coca-Cola formula and brand was bought in 1889 by Asa Candler who incorporated The Coca-Cola Company in 1892. Besides its namesake Coca-Cola beverage, Coca-Cola currently offers nearly 400 brands in over 200 countries or territories and serves 1.5 billion servings each day.[3]
The company operates a franchised distribution system dating from 1889 where The Coca-Cola Company only produces syrup concentrate which is then sold to various bottlers throughout the world who hold an exclusive territory.
The Coca-Cola Company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Its stock is listed on the NYSE and is part of DJIA and S&P 500. Its current president and CEO is Muhtar Kent.
Contents [hide]
1 Brands
2 History
3 Revenue
4 Bottlers
5 Products and brands
6 Criticism
7 Sponsorship
8 References
9 External links

Brands
Some of the different brands (not just different coca-cola flavors) are:
Barqs
Dasani
Fanta
Fresca
Minute Maid
Powerade
Pibb
Sprite
Vault
These are just a few as there are many other Coca-Cola Company Brands.

History
The Coca-Cola Company was originally established as the J. S. Pemberton Medicine Company, a co-partnership between Dr. John Stith Pemberton and Ed Holland .[4] The company was formed to sell three main products: Pemberton's French Wine of Cola (later known as Coca-Cola), Pemberton's Indian Queen Hair Dye, and Pemberton's Globe Flower Cough Syrup.[4]
In 1884, the company became a stock company and the name was changed to Pemberton Chemical Company.[4] The new president was D. D. Doe while Ed Holland became the new Vice-President.[4] Pemberton stayed on as the superintendent.[4] The company's factory was located at No. 107, Marietta St.[4] Three years later, the company was again changed to Pemberton Medicine Company, another co-partnership, this time between Pemberton, A. O. Murphy, E. H. Bloodworth, and J. C. Mayfield.[4]
Finally in October 1888, the company received a charter with an authorized capital of $50,000.[4] The charter became official on January 15, 1889. By this time, the company had expanded their offerings to include Pemberton's Orange and Lemon Elixir.[4]

Revenue
According to the 2005 Annual Report,[5] the company sells beverage products in more than 195 [6] countries. The report further states that of the more than 50 billion beverage servings of all types consumed worldwide every day, beverages bearing the trademarks owned by or licensed to Coca-Cola account for approximately 1.5 billion. Of these, beverages bearing the trademark "Coca-Cola" or "Coke" accounted for approximately 78% of the Company's total gallon sales.
Also according to the 2007 Annual Report, Coca-Cola had gallon sales distributed as follows:
37% in the United States
43% in Mexico, Brazil, Japan and China
20% spread throughout the rest of the world