Georgia Companies.pdf

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.