Industry Beverage Founded 1991 | Traded as BMV: KOFNYSE: KOF | |
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Key people José Antonio Fernández(Chairman)John Santa María Otazua(CEO) Revenue Mex$ 147.3 billion (2014) US$ 11.1 billion Stock price KOFL (BMV) MX$ 133.50 -0.32 (-0.24%)7 Mar, 3:00 PM GMT-6 - Disclaimer Profiles |
Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V., known as Coca-Cola FEMSA or KOF, is a Mexican multinational beverage company headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico. It is a subsidiary of FEMSA which owns 48% of its stock, with 28% held by wholly owned subsidiaries of The Coca-Cola Company and the remaining 24% listed publicly on the Mexican Stock Exchange (since 1993) and the New York Stock Exchange (since 1998). The largest franchise Coca-Cola bottler in the world, the company has operations in Latin America and the Philippines, although its largest and most profitable market is in Mexico.
Coca-Cola FEMSA began as a joint venture with The Coca Cola Company in 1991 with FEMSA initially owning 51% of the stock. It started expanding its international operations in 2003 when it acquired Panoramico, another Mexican Coca-Cola bottler with operations in Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil. It later acquired additional bottling companies in Brazil (its second largest market) as well as the main Coca-Cola bottler in the Philippines in 2013. The company reported revenues of US$ 9.6 billion for 2015.