Carl Ware

{{Short description|American businessman (born 1943)}} {{Use American English|date=December 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Carl Ware | birth_date = 1943 | birth_place = [[Newnan, Georgia]], U.S. | education = [[Clark Atlanta University|Clark College]] (BA) <br> [[University of Pittsburgh]] (MPA) | occupation = Businessman | employer = [[The Coca-Cola Company]] (retired) | known_for = Former Executive Vice President of The Coca-Cola Company | office = President of the [[Atlanta City Council]] | boards = [[Chevron Corporation]] <br> [[Council on Foreign Relations]] <br> [[Georgia Power]] | module = {{Infobox officeholder | embed = yes | office = President of the [[Atlanta City Council]] | term_start = 1976 | term_end = 1980 | predecessor = [[Wyche Fowler]] | successor = [[Marvin S. Arrington Sr.]] | office2 = Member of the [[Atlanta City Council]]<br/>[[Atlanta's 11th City Council district|District 11]] | term_start2 = January 7, 1974 | term_end2 = 1976 | predecessor2 = ''Position established'' | successor2 = [[Jim Maddox (Georgia politician)|Jim Maddox]] }} }}

'''Carl Ware''' (born 1943) is an American businessman who served as executive vice-president of [[the Coca-Cola Company]] from 2001 to 2003.<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromPersonIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedPersonId=940841 Forbes.com]{{dead link|date=January 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Biography==

===Early life=== Ware was born in [[Newnan, Georgia]].

He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from [[Clark Atlanta University|Clark College]] and a master's degree in public administration from the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the [[University of Pittsburgh]] and is a 1991 graduate of the [[Harvard Business School]]'s International Senior Management Program.<ref>{{cite web |title=Collection: Carl Ware papers {{!}} Archives Research Center |url=http://findingaids.auctr.edu/repositories/2/resources/39 |website=findingaids.auctr.edu |publisher=Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Archives Research Center |accessdate=January 18, 2019}}</ref>

===Career=== He was elected to the City Council of [[Atlanta, Georgia]], in 1973 and served as president of the council from 1976 until 1979.<ref name="tb"/>

In 1979, he was named Vice President of Special Markets for Coca-Cola USA, with responsibility for expanding African-American and [[Hispanic]] marketing and advertising programs. In 1982, Ware was promoted to Vice President of Urban Affairs. In 1986, he was elected Senior Vice President of Coca-Cola. Ware was named Deputy Group President, Northeast Europe and Africa, in 1991, and was appointed president of the Africa Group in 1993.<ref name="tb"/>

He was elected a director of [[Chevron Corporation]] in 2001. He is a former senior adviser to the chief executive officer of the [[Coca-Cola]] Company, a position he held from 2003 to 2006. He also sits on the board of directors of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] and [[Georgia Power]].<ref name="tb">[http://www.topblacks.com/business/carl-ware.htm Top Blacks] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512144203/http://www.topblacks.com/business/carl-ware.htm |date=May 12, 2008 }}</ref>

==References== {{archival records|title=Carl Ware papers}} {{Reflist}}

==Relevant literature== *Ware, Carl with Sibley Fleming. 2019. ''Portrait of an American Businessman.'' Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press. {{Atlanta City Council Presidents}}{{Authority control}}

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