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Asa Griggs Candler Sr. (December 30, 1851 – March 12, 1929) was an American business tycoon and politician who in 1888 purchased the Coca-Cola recipe for $238.98 from chemist John Stith Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia. Candler founded The Coca-Cola Company in 1892 and developed it as a major company.
Asa Griggs Candler (born Dec. 30, 1851, near Villa Rica, Ga., U.S.—died March 12, 1929, Atlanta, Ga.) was a U.S. soft-drink manufacturer who developed Coca-Cola. Born on a farm, Candler studied medicine, became a pharmacist, and developed a prosperous wholesale drug business.
Asa Griggs Candler was American business tycoon, best remembered as the founder of the Coca Cola Company. Born to a prosperous landholder, he could not pursue his dream of studying medicine because of a downturn in the family’s fortune.
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 ...
Few names stand as tall as Asa Griggs Candler—the man who transformed a unique beverage recipe into a global phenomenon known as Coca-Cola. His life, a tapestry of audacious entrepreneurship, intriguing contradictions, and political endeavors, remains a fascinating study of grit, ambition, and unexpected ironies.
Mar 15, 2023 · The Life Story of Asa Candler. Asa Griggs Candler was an American businessman and philanthropist who founded Coca-Cola in 1892 and transformed it into one of the world’s most successful and well-known brands.
May 1, 2009 · Asa Candler Obituary. Coca Cola's Holy Grail. A master marketer, he grew Coca-Cola into a global giant by lavishing free samples on pharmacists and consumers, securing the earliest celebrity...
Sep 3, 2002 · Asa Griggs Candler, founder of the Coca-Cola Company, was also a banker and real estate developer and was noted for his philanthropy. Born in Carroll County in 1851, Candler was one of eleven children of a prosperous merchant and planter.
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.
Asa Griggs Candler was born on Dec. 30, 1851, near Villa Rica, Ga. After setting up his own business as a pharmacist, in 1887 Candler purchased the formula to Coca-Cola, one of many soft drinks. Before long he had made Coca-Cola the most popular of them by using advertising, bottling franchises, and improved manufacturing techniques.
