Muhtar Kent

Muhtar Kent ( World Economic Forum in Davos / January 29, 2009)

Muhtar Kent (* 1952 in New York City ) is a Turkish - American manager . From 2008 to May 2017, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the US beverage company Coca-Cola .

Life

Muhtar Kent has dual citizenship ( Turkey / USA ). His father is the Turkish diplomat Necdet Kent , who saved the lives of numerous Jews in Marseille during the Second World War and was awarded the Raoul Wallenberg Medal in 2005 together with other Turkish diplomats .

Professional background

After studying economics, Kent began working in the beverage industry in the 1970s. He started working for Coca-Cola in 1978 in Atlanta . After Kent mid-1990s because of an insider - trading as now responsible Managing Director of affair Coca-Cola Amatil-Europe had resigned, he took over from 1999 temporarily directing the Efes -Brauerei, bedeutendster shareholders of the Coca-Cola Company in Turkey. He returned to Coca-Cola in May 2005 and was named President and Chief Operating Officer for North Asia , Eurasia and the Middle East . At the beginning of 2006, Kent took over the presidency of Coca-Cola International , thus the main responsibility for all business transactions outside of North America. Kent has been at the helm of the group since December 2006. On July 1, 2008, he replaced CEO Neville Isdell .

Web links

Change of boss drives Coca-Cola's share price up (Resignation of CEO Muhtar Kent announced, Spiegel online , December 9, 2016)

Individual evidence

↑ The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation: Report of Activities 2005: Turkish diplomats honored in New York ( Memento of the original from June 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; November 1, 2005 @1@ 2

^ Manager magazine: Coca-Cola: New strong man ; December 8, 2005

↑ Global Finance: Efes aims to be Turkey's first true multinational ; October 2002

personal data
SURNAME	Kent, Muhtar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Turkish-American manager
DATE OF BIRTH	1952
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York, USA

[1] The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation: Report of Activities 2005: Turkish diplomats honored in New York ( Memento of the original from June 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; November 1, 2005 @1@ 2

[2] Manager magazine: Coca-Cola: New strong man ; December 8, 2005

[3] Global Finance: Efes aims to be Turkey's first true multinational ; October 2002