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Asa Griggs Candler

Asa Griggs Candler
Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (d. 1929)

Asa Griggs Candler Sr. 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.

30 December 1851

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