Working with Coca-Cola is like having a red passport: Venkatesh Kini

For top executives who frequently fly abroad on work, one major pet peeve is dealing with immigration. Not so for Venkatesh Kini, president of Coca-Cola India. Kini, who has travelled to more than 60 countries, says that he has never had a problem with the folks behind the glass partitions.

The secret to his walk-through is what he calls his “red passport”. Speaking to an audience of students sometime ago, he said, “After 9/11, most countries used to control entry and if you didn’t have a US or European passport, you would get checked.

When they would ask me, I would say I work for Coca-Cola and I would never get stopped at immigration. It’s almost like having a red passport.”.

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