American businessman who acquired full control of Coca-Cola from John Pemberton for approximately $2,300 and built it into a national brand through aggressive distribution, franchise bottling, and free sample marketing.
Invented the Coca-Cola bottling franchise model — licensing local bottlers to produce and distribute the drink — which enabled rapid national scale without capital intensity and became the template for beverage franchise systems globally.
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