The Coca-Cola Santa Claus created by artist Haddon Sunblom had its debut in 1931 in The Saturday Evening

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One of the Coca-Cola Company's headquarters buildings in Atlanta

The Coca-Cola Company is a beverage company, manufacturer, distributor, and marketer of non-
alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. 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 more than 400 brands in over 200 countries
or territories and serves 1.6 billion servings each day.
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, S&P 500 Index, the Russell 1000 Index and the Russell 1000 Growth Stock Index. Its current
chairman and CEO is Muhtar Kent.

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. The company was formed to sell three
main products: Pemberton's French Wine Cola (later known as Coca-Cola), Pemberton's Indian Queen
Hair Dye, and Pemberton's Globe Flower Cough Syrup.

In 1884, the company became a stock company and the name was changed to Pemberton Chemical
Company. The new president was D. D. Doe while Ed Holland became the new Vice-
President. Pemberton stayed on as the superintendent. The company's factory was located at No. 107,
Marietta St. 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.

Finally in October 1888, the company received a charter with an authorized capital of $50,000. The
charter became official on January 15, 1889. By this time, the company had expanded its offerings to
include Pemberton's Orange and Lemon Elixir.

The Coca-Cola Company offers nearly 400 brands in over 200 countries, besides its namesake Coca-
Cola beverage. This includes other varieties of Coca-Cola such as:

 Diet Coke (introduced in 1982), which uses aspartame, a synthetic phenylalanine-based artificial
sweetener in place of sugar
 Diet Coke Caffeine-Free
 Cherry Coke (1985)
 Diet Cherry Coke (1986)
 Coke with Lemon (2001)
 Diet Coke with Lemon (2001)
 Vanilla Coke (2002)
 Diet Vanilla Coke (2002)
 Coca-Cola C2 (2004)
  Coke with Lime (2004)
 Aquarius Mineral Water (2004)
 Diet Coke with Lime (2004)
 Diet Coke Sweetened with Splenda (2005)
 Coca-Cola Zero (2005)
 Coca-Cola Black Cherry Vanilla (2006)
 Diet Coke Black Cherry Vanilla (2006)
 Coca-Cola BlāK (2006)
 Diet Coke Plus (2007)
 Coca-Cola Orange (2007)
 Sprite
 Diet Coke with Citrus Zest (2008)

The Coca Cola

Company

Type Public(NYSE:KO)
Industry Beverage
Founded 1892
Headquarters Atlanta,Geogia,United States
Area served Worldwide
Key People Muhtar Kent
(Chairman and CEO)
Products Coca Cola
Carbonated Soft Drinks
Water
Other non alcoholic beverages
Revenue ▲ US$31.0 Billion (FY 2009)
Operating Income ▲ US$8.23 Billion (FY 2009)
Net Income ▲ US$5.82 Billion (FY 2009)
Total Assets ▲ US$48.7 Billion (FY 2009)
Total equity ▲ US$24.8 Billion (FY 2009)
Employees 92,400 (October 2009)
Website KO.com or The Coca-Cola Company Corporate Website