Coca-Cola's History and Expansion | Entrepreneurship
John Pemberton first created Coca-Cola in 1886. By 1900, it was sold in every state in the U.S., plus Cuba, Canada, and Mexico. Its massive and wide-spread expansion is in thanks to Atlanta businessman and advertising genius Asa Candler. Coca-Cola became the first worldwide company in 1950, and can now be found in nearly every country in the world.