Now Hiring - Great pay & Benefits. Click to Apply. About Coca Cola Coca-Cola was invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in Columbus, Georgia. Today, The Coca-Cola Company is a leading multinational beverage company that manufactures, markets and retails non-alcoholic concentrates and syrups for its namesake beverage, in addition to more than 500 other brands that are sold all over the world. The Coca-Cola Company produces only the syrup concentrate, which it then distributes to its bottlers, who then mix and bottle it for distribution.