J. Frank Harrison III is the great-grandson of J. B. Harrison, founder of Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated.[1][2][3] He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and received a Master's in Business Administration from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina in 1983.[4]
He started his career at Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated as division sales manager and vice president in 1977.[4][3] He was appointed to its board of directors in 1986, and served as its vice chairman from November 1987 to December 1996.[4] Since 1996, he has served as its chairman and chief executive officer.[2][4][3][5]
He serves on the board of directors of the American Beverage Association.[4][6] Additionally, he has served on the board of directors of Wachovia (now Wells Fargo).[4]
He is married to Jan Harrison.[3] They reside in Charlotte, North Carolina.[2][3] He is a practicing Christian.[2] He founded a ministry called With Open Eyes in Sudan, where his late son, J. Frank Harrison IV, died while working there as a missionary.[2][3]
