James Quincey

James Quincey
Born	1965/1966 (age 51–52) London, England
Nationality	British
Education	King Edward's School, Birmingham
Alma mater	University of Liverpool
Title	CEO, Coca-Cola
Spouse(s)	Jacqui Quincey
Children	2

James Quincey (1965/66) is a British businessman in the United States. He is the CEO of Coca-Cola, after having been Coke's chief operating officer (COO).

James Quincey was born in London, and lived in Hanover, New Hampshire for three years when his father was a lecturer in biochemistry at Dartmouth College. By age five, they had moved to Birmingham, England. He attended King Edward's School, Birmingham. He has a bachelor's degree in electronic engineering from the University of Liverpool.

When he was working with Coke early on, Bloomberg says he was instrumental in getting the company to sell smaller portions. He has lived in Latin America.

In August 2015, Coke made him the COO. He then became president later that year. He outlined a plan to have five category clusters for brands in the company.[1] He also changed management and the entire Coke hierarchy.[2]

He was named the new Coke CEO in December 2016. He became Coke CEO on May 1, officially, when Kent retired. Among his first acts as CEO, he announced 1,200 job cuts in corporate positions, to increase profits.[3] It was on May 9, 2017 that the Financial Times wrote that Quincey was going to accelerate Coke’s investments in start up businesses, in order to diversify.[4] Also that day, the Wall Street Journal said that Quincey wanted to change the culture of the Coke company, to get rid off over-cautiousness concerning risk.

He is married to Jacqui, and they have two children.

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