
James Quincey is Executive Chairman of Coca-Cola (KO). Most of a public-company CEO’s on-paper wealth is their stake in that company — anchored here on the number you can verify.
Past cash compensation, sold shares, real estate, and other public holdings — estimable from records, but not exact.
Private company stakes, trusts, cash, debts, and undisclosed assets. Anyone publishing these as a single number is guessing.
| Company | Coca-Cola (KO) |
| Title | Executive Chairman |
| Verified stake | $11M |
| Shares owned | 131,876 |
| Latest total pay | $31M breakdown → |
| Age | ~61 |
We take the shares James Quincey reports owning in their most recent SEC Form 4 and multiply by the latest share price. That gives a stake value you can check against the filing itself. Everything beyond that stake — real estate, private holdings, cash, past compensation — is estimated or simply not public, and we say so rather than roll it into one number.
James Quincey was born in London in 1965, the son of a biochemistry lecturer, and studied electronic engineering at the University of Liverpool. He speaks fluent Spanish, a skill that shaped his career, and started out in consulting at Bain before joining Coca-Cola in 1996.
He rose through the company’s Latin American operations, leading its expansion in Mexico, became president, and took over as chief executive in 2017. He reorganized Coca-Cola around brand categories and pruned its portfolio, retiring weaker products while pushing recycling and packaging goals.
Quincey is a hired executive. His Coca-Cola stake came from stock compensation, the anchor of the figure here.
Born 1965 · University of Liverpool (BEng, Electrical Engineering)
| Fiscal year | Total pay |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $31M |
The stake value is filing-derived and verifiable; any broader “net worth” is an estimate. Photo: Casa Rosada, CC BY 2.5 ar (Wikimedia Commons). Share counts are the latest reported on SEC filings and change as the executive trades; the price is the last close, so the stake value moves with the market. This is not an official or complete accounting of anyone’s wealth. Educational only — not investment advice.