SME & U Inc

The Coca-Cola Company is the world's largest nonalcoholic beverage company. The company features Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Fanta and Sprite beverages, as well as a wide range of waters, teas, coffees, and energy and sports drinks. It also offers beverages with added health and nutrition benefits, such as Minute Maid and Odwalla juices. The Coca-Cola Company markets more than 400 brands and in excess of 2,600 beverage products in 200-plus countries. The company supplies a variety of package sizes that enables consumers to better manage consumption. Through its extensive distribution system, consumers drink more than 1.4 billion servings of the company s beverages daily. The first Coca-Cola syrup was produced in Atlanta in 1886 by Dr. John Stith Pemberton, a local pharmacist. E. Neville Isdell has been the chief executive officer of Coca-Cola for more than two years. He has been with the soft drink conglomerate for over 40 years. Isdell attended the University of Cape Town. The company is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol KO. It is headquartered in Atlanta and operates subsidiaries worldwide.