Rand, William Kenan

A family of entrepreneurs, the Rands began their legacy in the Durham Coca-Cola Bottling Company over a century ago. William Kenan Rand, Jr. succeeded his father, a Coca-Cola bottler for 55 years, in 1961 and became the president of the company. In 1960, the Rand family developed Northgate Shopping Center, now one of the few remaining family owned and operated regional malls in the country. They also started Classic Food Services as a division of Durham Coca-Cola Bottling; it is one of Durham’s caterers capable of very large scale events, and offers contract services, as well.