Summerfield Johnston Jr

Coca Cola bottler

Summerfield Johnston Jr.'s grandfather got the first Coca-Cola bottling license back in 1899, and the world's largest beverage company is still making the Johnstons rich today. Summerfield inherited the family bottling franchise, Johnston Coca-Cola, and turned it into the largest independent Coke bottler in the world. By 1991, Coke's own bottler Coca-Cola Enterprises was struggling and looking for new leadership, so the company bought Johnston's Chattanooga, Tennessee-based outfit and brought Summerfield in to run the larger operation. Johnston turned around the business by decentralizing operations and empowering local bottlers. He stepped down as CEO in 2001 and retired his chairmanship in 2007 but still holds a 7% stake in Coca-Cola Enterprises today. In addition to the bottling business, Johnston's father also passed down a love for polo and a place to play the sport, the Bendabout Farm outside of Chatanooga, which has hosted polo tournaments since 1972. Johnston's son Summerfield III, a onetime director of Coca-Cola Enterprises, died tragically in a polo accident in 2007.

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Donor	Common Recipients
Bill Haslam	Lamar Alexander, Saxby Chambliss, Bob Corker, Johnny Isakson, John McCain, Zach Wamp, George W Bush
Tom Beasley	Lamar Alexander, Bob Corker, John McCain, Zach Wamp, George W Bush, George H W Bush, Chuck Fleischmann
Colleen Conway-Welch	Lamar Alexander, Bob Corker, John McCain, George W Bush, George H W Bush, R Todd Gardenhire, Chuck Fleischmann
John T Lupton	Lamar Alexander, Bob Corker, Johnny Isakson, Zach Wamp, George W Bush, George H W Bush, R Todd Gardenhire
Bryce L Harlow	Lamar Alexander, Saxby Chambliss, Bob Corker, Johnny Isakson, John McCain, George W Bush, George H W Bush
Jeffrey S Lorberbaum	Saxby Chambliss, Bob Corker, Johnny Isakson, John McCain, Zach Wamp, George W Bush, Chuck Fleischmann
James L Clayton, Sr	Lamar Alexander, Bob Corker, Johnny Isakson, John McCain, Zach Wamp, George W Bush, Scottie Mayfield
Lanny Griffith	Lamar Alexander, Saxby Chambliss, Bob Corker, Johnny Isakson, John McCain, George W Bush, George H W Bush
Fred Dettwiller	Lamar Alexander, Saxby Chambliss, Bob Corker, John McCain, Zach Wamp, George W Bush, Chuck Fleischmann
Summerfield K Johnston III	Lamar Alexander, Saxby Chambliss, Bob Corker, Zach Wamp, George W Bush, Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc Employees PAC, George H W Bush
Joseph Rogers Jr	Lamar Alexander, Saxby Chambliss, Bob Corker, Johnny Isakson, John McCain, George W Bush, George H W Bush
Duane R Roberts	Lamar Alexander, Saxby Chambliss, Bob Corker, Johnny Isakson, John McCain, George W Bush, George H W Bush
James A Patterson	Lamar Alexander, Saxby Chambliss, Bob Corker, Johnny Isakson, John McCain, George W Bush, George H W Bush
William L Ball III	Lamar Alexander, Saxby Chambliss, Johnny Isakson, John McCain, George W Bush, American Beverage Association Political Action Committee (Aka American Beverage PAC), George H W Bush
Peter G Peterson	Lamar Alexander, Saxby Chambliss, Bob Corker, Johnny Isakson, John McCain, George W Bush, George H W Bush
William H Frist	Lamar Alexander, Bob Corker, John McCain, Zach Wamp, George W Bush, Suntrust Banks of Tennessee, Inc., Good Government Fund, George H W Bush
Woody Johnson	Lamar Alexander, Bob Corker, Johnny Isakson, John McCain, George W Bush, George H W Bush
Howard Henry Baker Jr	Lamar Alexander, Bob Corker, John McCain, Zach Wamp, George W Bush, George H W Bush
J Barry Banker	Lamar Alexander, Bob Corker, Johnny Isakson, John McCain, George W Bush, Chuck Fleischmann
Thomas G Cousins	Lamar Alexander, Saxby Chambliss, Johnny Isakson, John McCain, George W Bush, George H W Bush

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Summerfield Johnston Jr

Coca Cola bottler

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