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This document provides an overview of several major companies based in Georgia, including their origins, key figures, and the industries they operate in. It covers information about iconic brands like Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, Georgia-Pacific, and The Home Depot.

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Georgia Companies AKS 50 See pages 387-394 in the textbook for more informaiton Coca-Cola ⚫ The Coca-Cola Company makes many beverages, but best known for its namesake Coca-Cola. Coke is one of the most familiar products in t...

Georgia Companies AKS 50 See pages 387-394 in the textbook for more informaiton Coca-Cola ⚫ The Coca-Cola Company makes many beverages, but best known for its namesake Coca-Cola. Coke is one of the most familiar products in the world. ⚫ The company was started in the 1880s by a Georgian entrepreneur named John Smith Pemberton. ⚫ Pemberton worked as a pharmacist. He created the cola formula and sold it as a human tonic. He had to compete with other tonics that were popular at the time. Delta Air Lines ⚫ Delta Air Lines is one of the largest airlines in the country. ⚫ Delta began as an aerial crop dusting service, which sprayed farm crops with chemicals and fertilizer. The company was started in the 1920s by an entrepreneur named Collett E. Woolman. ⚫ Woolman worked to expand Delta to offer passenger and mail services. ⚫ In 1929, Woolman bought three planes and started flying passengers between Texas and Mississippi. ⚫ Today, Delta flies passengers all over the world. ⚫ When Woolman started Delta as a passenger service in the 1930s, his small company had to compete with major airlines. ⚫ The U.S. government began controlling the airline industry during that time. ⚫ The government set ticket prices, flight routes, and schedules. ⚫ This government control helped Delta to compete and become successful. Georgia-Pacific ⚫ Georgia-Pacific is a paper company based in Atlanta. It is one of the world’s top producers of tissue, pulp, paper, packaging, and building goods. ⚫ The company was the idea of an entrepreneur named Owen R. Cheatham. ⚫ Cheatham started the company in 1927 as a small lumber mill. He took the risk to expand his mill into a larger business. ⚫ By 1938 the company was running five lumberyards in the South. In 1947, Georgia-Pacific bought a lumber mill on the Pacific Coast. ⚫ The company continues to be successful and produce a wide assortment of goods. The Home Depot ⚫ The Home Depot is the world’s largest chain of home improvement stores. ⚫ It started in 1978 by entrepreneurs named Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank. ⚫ Before The Home Depot opened, hardware stores were specialized. A consumer might have to visit many stores to buy the materials needed for one project. ⚫ Marcus and Blank wanted their stores to sell all of the possible materials a person might need. ⚫ Operating on a large scale allowed prices to be low and the stores employees were able to be experts in home improvement. ⚫ The Home Depot changed the way that home improvement stores were operated. More Georgia Companies ⚫ Did you know that 18 Fortune 500 Companies and 32 Fortune 1000 Companies are headquartered in Georgia? ⚫ Many other well-known companies and brands are headquartered right here in Georgia. ⚫ Some are even headquartered right here in Gwinnett County including Waffle House! ⚫ See this website for a link of the 100 biggest Georgia-based companies in terms of number of employees (note #47). ⚫ Check out the list on wikipedia for more Georgia-based companies, some of which are very familiar.

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