With Trump Watching, Coke Makes Clear Its New CEO Is American

Coca-Cola Co.’s advertising has long made clear that its flagship product is “the Real Thing.” Now, the beverage giant wants you to know that its new chief is a real American.

In Wednesday’s press release announcing that Henrique Braun would succeed James Quincey as the company’s top executive, Coca-Cola said Braun “is an American citizen who was born in California and raised in Brazil.”