| Birth: | Dec. 30, 1851
Georgia, USA | | Death: | Mar. 12, 1929
Georgia, USA | 
Businessman. Prominent Atlanta business figure who bought the formula for Coca Cola (invented by pharmacist John Pemberton) and turned it into a household name through innovative promotion and marketing. Reportedly, He paid $2,300 for the formula in 1887 and in 1919 gave most of the stock of Coke to his children, whom later sold the company for $25,000,000. In his later life he became known as a generous philanthropist. (bio by: Kent Brown)
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Children:
Charles Howard Candler (1878 - 1957)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Asa Candler | | | Burial:
Westview Cemetery
Atlanta
Fulton County
Georgia, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Kent Brown
Record added: Dec 03, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 6009571 |
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