Speaker
Muhtar Kent
Former Chairman & CEO, The Coca-Cola Company
Speaker
Former Chairman & CEO, The Coca-Cola Company
Muhtar Kent is a Turkish-American business executive. He began his career with the Coca-Cola Company in 1978, when he toured Turkey in trucks to sell Coca-Cola. He became CEO in 2008, and Chairman in 2009. He stepped down as CEO in 2017 and chairman in 2019. Kent was the Executives’ Club of Chicago’s 2018 International Executive of the Year.