Asa Griggs Candler Sr. was an American business magnate and politician who in 1888 purchased the Coca-Cola recipe for $2300 from chemist John Stith Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia. Candler founded the Coca-Cola Company in 1892 and developed it as a major company.
- Occupation
- entrepreneur, politician
- Position held
- mayor of Atlanta
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- December 30, 1851
- Died
- March 12, 1929
