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Clorox Names Coca-Cola Executive as CEO

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By: TOM BRANNA

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Bleach and household products maker Clorox Co. named Donald Knauss, the departing president of Coca-Cola Co.’s North American operations, as chairman and chief executive, effective October. Knauss, 55, succeeds Robert Matschullat, who has served as Clorox’s interim chairman and CEO since March, when Gerald Johnston stepped down from those positions following a heart attack. Clorox said Matschullat will serve on its board of directors. Knauss, who started his career at Coca-Cola in 1994, has also served as president for Coke in Southern Africa and has held executive posts in its Minute Maid unit.

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