Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Essential Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · chapter 4 · id poor-charlies-almanack-c4-09-mungers-coca-cola-thought-expe

“Munger's Coca-Cola thought experiment demonstrates that multi-disciplinary thinking can reverse-engineer a trillion-dollar business from first principles.”

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Coca-Cola Company market capitalization: approximately $260 billion as of 2024.

Poor Charlie's Almanack, Chapter 4source alive

Munger presents a thought experiment: starting in 1884, how would you build a $2 trillion beverage empire by 2034?

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