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Jump to: navigation, search The Coca Cola Company | | Type | Public | Traded as | NYSE: KO
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S&P 500 Component | Industry | Beverage | Founded | 1892 (1892) | Founder(s) | Asa Candler | Headquarters | Coca-Cola headquarters,
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | Area served | Worldwide | Key people | Muhtar Kent (Chairman & CEO) | Products | List of The Coca Cola Company products | Revenue | US$ 35.119 billion (2010)[1] | Operating income | US$ 08.449 billion (2010)[1] | Net income | US$ 11.809 billion (2010)[1] | Total assets | US$ 72.921 billion (2010)[1] | Total equity | US$ 31.317 billion (2010)[1] | Employees | 139,600 (2010)[1] | Subsidiaries | List of The Coca Cola Company subsidiaries | Website | TheCoca-ColaCompany.com |
One of the Coca-Cola Company's headquarters buildings in Atlanta
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is an American multinational beverage corporation of manufacturer, retailer and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups.[2] The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola, invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in Columbus, Georgia.[3] 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 more than 500 brands in over 200 countries or territories and serves over 1.6 billion servings each day.[4]
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 owns its anchor bottler in North America, Coca-Cola Refreshments.
The Coca-Cola Company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Its stock is listed on the NYSE and is part of DJIA, S&P 500 Index, the