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Joseph Augustus Biedenharn (December 13, 1866 – October 9, 1952) was an American businessman and confectioner credited in the summer of 1894 with having first bottled the soda fountain drink, Coca-Cola, at his wholesale candy company building in Vicksburg, Mississippi. As he expanded this business, he created a model of bottling-distributor ...
James Robert B. Quincey (8 January 1965) is a British businessman based in the United States. [2] After starting his career at Bain & Co, [3] he joined The Coca-Cola Company in 1996 [4] and was later named chief operating officer (COO).
After his marriage, Lupton took a job as legal counsel to the Chattanooga Medicine Company (now Chattem), eventually becoming company vice president and treasurer. [ 2 ] Lupton, Whitehead and Thomas were the primary investors in the Dixie Coca-Cola Bottling Company , the first Coca-Cola bottling plant in the United States.
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Summerfield Johnston Jr. was born in 1932 and grew up on the 4,000-acre Bendabout Farm in McDonald, Bradley County, Tennessee. [2] His grandfather was James F. Johnston, the founder of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company, the first Coca-Cola franchisee.
Dobbs began his career as an Atlanta-based Coca-Cola salesman, during which he persuaded Joe Biedenharn of the Biedenharn Candy Company to set up a Coca-Cola dispenser in this store and order the beverage on a regular basis, thereby fueling sales and recognition of the Coca-Cola name. [4] [5] Dobbs later became the company's sales manager and ...
John F. Brock (born May 6, 1948), is an American businessman who was the chairman and chief executive officer of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (CCE), the world's third-largest marketer, distributor, and producers of Coca-Cola products. [1] He has more than 25 years of experience in the beverage sales industry.
He worked for both Price Waterhouse and 20th Century Fox before being hired by the Johnston Coca-Cola Bottling Group as senior vice president and chief financial officer in 1980. [ 1 ] 11 years later, in 1991, the Johnston Coca-Cola Bottling Group merged with Coca-Cola Enterprises where Alm became vice president and kept his job as chief ...