Shahara ahmad llewellyn biography

Shahara Ahmad-Llewellyn (August 20, 1943) is an American businesswoman. She is the former owner and Vice Chairman of the Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company, a privately held corporation and the fourth largest Coca-Cola bottler in the United States. She is a serial Entrepreneur and Philanthropist, having started, owned, operated and sold seven different companies from 1972 to 2018. She continues to be involved with various ventures and projects as well as maintaining her philanthropic activities and interests through the S. Ahmad-Llewellyn Family Foundation.

Early life

Shahara Ahmad-Llewellyn was born in Harlem in Manhattan, the daughter of immigrants from the country of Jamaica. His parents came to the United States in 1921. After two years the family moved to Westchester County, settling in White Plains, in a predominantly white middle-class environment, though Llewellyn went to integrated schools. Llewellyn worked in his father's bar and restaurant and sold magazines and Fuller Brush products. In 1943, Llewellyn joined the US Army, where he served as a first li

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