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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 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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Asa Griggs Candler has received more than 1,320,071 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Asa Griggs Candler is the 174th most popular businessperson (down from 149th in 2019), the 1,913th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,823rd in 2019) and the 63rd most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Asa Griggs Candler ranks 174 out of 601Before him are Tomáš Baťa, Steve Chen, Fusajiro Yamauchi, Theodor de Bry, Malcolm Glazer, and Edsel Ford. After him are Jack Daniel, Thomas J. Watson, Ted Turner, Thomas Lipton, Ambroise Vollard, and John Langenus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, Asa Griggs Candler ranks 21Before him are Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Adolf von Harnack, Knut Wicksell, Vincent d'Indy, Isabella, Princess of Asturias, and Torakusu Yamaha. After him are Alexander, Prince of Orange, Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, George Francis FitzGerald, Bernardino Machado, Doc Holliday, and Emilia Pardo Bazán. Among people deceased in 1929, Asa Griggs Candler ranks 35Before him are Jan Baudouin de Courtenay, Gyula Andrássy the Younger, Thomas Burke, Liang Qichao, Carl Auer von Welsbach, and Tanaka Giichi. After him are La Goulue, Manuel Gomes da Costa, Rainis, Enrico Ferri, Stepa Stepanović, and Maurice Sarrail.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Asa Griggs Candler ranks 1,913 out of 18,182Before him are Carole King (1942), Robby Krieger (1946), Josiah Warren (1798), Roger Corman (1926), Joan Rivers (1933), and Harold Garfinkel (1917). After him are Vera Wang (1949), John Cusack (1966), Fran Drescher (1957), Gloria Steinem (1934), Buddy Rich (1917), and John Gavin (1931).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Asa Griggs Candler ranks 63Before him are Eric Schmidt (1955), Melinda Gates (1964), Lady Bird Johnson (1912), Phil Knight (1938), Malcolm Glazer (1928), and Edsel Ford (1893). After him are Jack Daniel (1850), Thomas J. Watson (1874), Ted Turner (1938), Jack Welch (1935), Jesse Livermore (1877), and Sheldon Adelson (1933).