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Asa Griggs "Buddie" Candler Jr. (August 27, 1880 – January 11, 1953) was an American businessman and the son of Asa Griggs Candler, founder of The Coca-Cola Company. Candler Jr. helped build his father's business into an empire.
The definitive account of the life and legacy of Atlanta's own Asa Candler, Jr., eccentric second son of the founder of Coca Cola, former owner of Emory University's Briarcliff Mansion, and businessman behind Hartsfield-Jackson Airport.
The second son, Asa G. Candler Jr. (1880–1953), eccentric, alcoholic, and depressed, became a real-estate developer, opening the Briarcliff Hotel. His Briarcliff mansion and estate—also on Briarcliff Road in Druid Hills—was adapted for use as an alcoholism rehab center, then a psychiatric hospital.
On January 11, 1953, Asa Griggs Candler, Jr., passed away. The reported story was that he died of a “liver malignancy.” Liver cancer is rare, but when it develops as a primary cancer it typically appears in people with cirrhosis or fatty liver disease.
On May 1, 1889, Asa Candler published a full-page advertisement in The Atlanta Journal, proclaiming his wholesale and retail drug business as "sole proprietors of Coca-Cola ...
The second son and namesake of Coca Cola founder Asa Griggs Candler, Buddie was a wealthy real estate developer and socialite whose big, boisterous personality made him both beloved and reviled in the Atlanta community between 1910 and 1950. These days Buddie is mostly forgotten.
Asa G. Candler. Coca-Cola Company. 1886–1916. Industry: Food & Tobacco. Era: pre-1900. The breakthrough for Coca-Cola came shortly after the company was formed, when Candler realized the potential of his patent syrup not as a miracle drug, but as a simple soda fountain drink.
