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The Coca-Cola Company is the world's largest beverage company, the 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 Coca-Cola Company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. 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 beverage, Coca-Cola currently offers nearly 400 brands in over 200 countries or territories and serves 1.5 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 company's stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is part of Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Standard & Poors 500. The company's current president and chief executive officer is Muhtar Kent.

Brands
Some of the different brands are:


 * Barq's
 * 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. 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.

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 their offerings to include Pemberton's Orange and Lemon Elixir.

Revenue
According to the 2005 Annual Report, the company sells beverage products in more than 195 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