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Asa Griggs Candler

1851 - 1929

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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 (equivalent to $8,363 in 2024) from chemist John Stith Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia. Candler founded the Coca-Cola Company in 1892 and developed it as a major company. Prominent among civic leaders of Atlanta, Candler was elected and served as the 41st mayor of the city, from 1916 to 1919. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Asa Griggs Candler is the 266th most popular businessperson (down from 143rd in 2019), the 3,214th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,585th in 2019) and the 89th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Asa Griggs Candler ranks 266 out of 847. Before him are Alice Walton, Edsel Ford, Lee Jae-yong, Shin Kyuk-ho, Meyer Guggenheim, and Jack Tramiel. After him are Jack Daniel, Charles Simonyi, Friedrich Alfred Krupp, Fife Symington, Georgios Sinas, and Herbert Hainer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, Asa Griggs Candler ranks 40. Before him are Doc Holliday, Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Aristide Bruant, Franz von Liszt, Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, and Désiré-Joseph Mercier. After him are Otto Schott, Theodor Lipps, Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Alois Jirásek, Luis Ricardo Falero, and Taytu Betul. Among people deceased in 1929, Asa Griggs Candler ranks 53. Before him are Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia, Tanaka Giichi, Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, Robert Reid, Henri Gervex, and Georg von der Marwitz. After him are Aletta Jacobs, Raoul Pictet, José Batlle y Ordóñez, Princess Olga Paley, Adolf Meyer, and Hans Delbrück.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Asa Griggs Candler ranks 3,214 out of 20,380. Before him are Katherine Jackson (1930), Lisa Bonet (1967), Ernest Guiraud (1837), Mark Dacascos (1964), Elijah Wood (1981), and Garret Hobart (1844). After him are Joel Asaph Allen (1838), Barbara Kruger (1945), Bill Viola (1951), Winsor McCay (1867), Russ Meyer (1922), and Joan Bennett (1910).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Asa Griggs Candler ranks 89. Before him are Steve Fossett (1944), George Gallup (1901), Ray Dalio (1949), William C. Durant (1861), Alice Walton (1949), and Edsel Ford (1893). After him are Jack Daniel (1850), Fife Symington (1945), Amadeo Giannini (1870), Henry Flagler (1830), David Packard (1912), and Eric Trump (1984).

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