- Great American Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century
J. Bruce Llewellyn
Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company
1985 - Present
Food & Tobacco
| Military Service | Army |
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b. 1927
| Education |  |
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| Undergraduate | City University of New York |
| Graduate | JD, New York Law School, MBA, Columbia University, MPA, New York University |
| Personal | |
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| Born-Died | 1927 |
| Birthplace | New York (NY) |
| Race | Black or African American |
| Father | Owner, Small Business |
Llewellyn was involved in a wide variety of business ventures, almost all of which were extremely profitable. He excelled at leveraged buy-outs, and two years after accomplishing a buy-out of the Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company, he had increased business by 300 percent. Through his efforts, he built the operation into the fourth largest black owned business in the United States.