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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.
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.
May 1, 2009 · The Branding Game. How Asa Candler Built Coca-Cola. A master marketer, he grew Coca-Cola into a global giant by lavishing free samples on pharmacists and consumers, securing the earliest...
