Does Muhtar Kent need fact checking on claims he made on CNBC? Muhtar Kent on Coca-Cola’s shareholder returns When being interviewed by CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin, Muhtar Kent claimed that The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) had returned $100 billion to shareholders during his reign, a claim being disputed as inaccurate by David Winters, founder of Wintergreen Advisors and a critic of Coca-Cola’s recently passed enhanced management compensation plan. CNBC appears to have since edited the interview and it no longer shows Muhtar Kent making such claims, but rather cuts the interview off after a brief introduction. CNBC did not respond by press…
Did Muhtar Kent Deliver False Shareholder Information?
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.
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