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  • NAME: Roberto Goizueta
  • OCCUPATION: Business Leader
  • BIRTH DATE: November 18, 1931
  • DEATH DATE: October 18, 1997
  • EDUCATION: Cheshire Academy, Yale University
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Havana, Cuba
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Atlanta, Georgia
  • Full Name: Roberto Críspulo Goizueta

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Roberto Críspulo Goizueta served as chairman and CEO of the Coca-Cola Company. Over 16-years, he increased Coca-Cola's market value from $4 to $150 billion.


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Roberto Críspulo Goizueta lead The Coca-Cola Company from 1980 until his death in 1997. When Goziueta was a boy, his father co-owned sugar mill in Cuba. As Castro rose to power, Goizueta's family defected to to the U.S. and he began working for the Coca-Cola company, quickly rising in the ranks. During his 16-years as CEO, he increased Coca-Cola's market value from $4 billion to $150 billion.

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