After working with Bain & Co and a smaller consultancy,[3] he joined Coca-Cola in 1996.[4] With Coke, he has lived in Latin America[7] and worked in Mexico, where he led the acquisition of Jugos del Valle.[4] In 2015, Quincey became the president of Coca-Cola.[8][9] He outlined a plan to have five category clusters for brands in the company.[10] He also changed management and the entire Coke hierarchy.[11]
He was named CEO in December 2016.[12][13][14][15] He became CEO the following May when Muhtar Kent retired. Among his first acts as CEO, he announced reducing 1,200 corporate positions as part of a plan to invest in new products and marketing and restore the year's revenue and profit growth from four to six percent.[4] Quincey also said in interviews that he wanted to rid the Coke company's culture of over-cautiousness concerning risk,[16] and that he intended to further diversify Coke's portfolio by accelerating investments in startup businesses.[17] He later launched a plan to recycle a bottle for every bottle sold by 2030.[18] On 24 April 2019, Quincey was elected chairman of the board.[19] In December 2021 Quincey announced the planned discontinuation of many of its slower selling products, such as Tab and Zico coconut water.[20]
In 2023, Quincey's total compensation from Coca-Cola was $24.7 million, or 1,799 times the median employee pay at Coca-Cola for that year.[21]
In 2025, Quincey gifted President Donald Trump with the Coca Cola company's first custom Diet Coke bottle to honor his inauguration.[22][23]
Personal life
Quincey and his wife Jacqui have two children and live in London, UK.[3][6]
CEO of The Coca-Cola Company December 2016–Incumbent
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