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| − | '''Donald M. Kendall''' was the co-founder and [[CEO]] of [[PepsiCo]],Inc. | + | '''Donald M. Kendall''' was the co-founder and [[CEO]] of [[PepsiCo]], Inc. |
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| − | Before that he was a high ranking official in the [[Pepsi-Cola Company]]. He helped to expand the Pepsi company's economic empire. | + | Before that he was a high ranking official in the [[Pepsi-Cola Company]]. He helped to expand the Pepsi company's [[economic]] empire. |
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| − | He was a strong supporter of [[Richard Nixon]] and when the latter was Eisenhower's vice president and debated [[Soviet]] leader [[Nikita Krushev]] in the 1950s Kendall accompanied him, Kendall asked Krushev to drink Pepsi and Kendall managed to get a photograph of Kruschev drinking it. This was a huge success for the Pepsi-Cola Company. Eventually the Soviets chose Pepsi as their national soda franchise and PepsiCo,Inc. | + | He was a strong supporter of [[Richard Nixon]] and when the latter was Eisenhower's vice president and debated [[Soviet]] leader [[Nikita Krushev]] in the 1950s Kendall accompanied him, Kendall asked Krushev to drink Pepsi and Kendall managed to get a photograph of Kruschev drinking it. This was a huge success for the Pepsi-Cola Company. Eventually the [[Soviet]]s chose Pepsi as their national soda franchise and PepsiCo, Inc. |
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| − | In the 1970s became the first USA company to set up operations in the USSR. When Nixon was president Pepsi was always a prominent drink at [[White House]] functions. Nixon, interestingly, used to be a [[lawyer]] for a law firm that managed the [[financial accounts]] of PepsiCo,Inc. in the 1960s in between the time he ran against John Kennedy and the time he ran against [[Hubert Humphrey]]. | + | In the 1970s became the first [[American]] company to set up operations in the [[USSR]]. When [[Nixon]] was president Pepsi was always a prominent drink at [[White House]] functions. [[Nixon]], interestingly, used to be a [[lawyer]] for a law firm that managed the [[financial accounts]] of PepsiCo, Inc. in the 1960s in between the time he ran against [[John F. Kennedy]] and the time he ran against [[Hubert Humphrey]]. |
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| − | This is because [[Allende]]'s leftist regime was banning cola sales and other [[capitalist]] operations.
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| − | These [[conspiracy theorist]]s believe that Kendall used his influence with Nixon to persuade him to back the right-wing [[coup]].
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| − | Kendall while he was CEO of PepsiCo,Inc. did not get along with [[Joan Crawford]], an ex-[[actress]] who was the widow of the former head of the Pepsi-Cola Company [[Arthur Steele]].
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