In 1919 this beverage company was sold to Atlanta banker Ernest Woodruff for $25 million
Soon... [DOC] [TLE] Coca-Cola Company | New Georgia Encyclopedia [PAR] When John Stith Pemberton sold the ... Folklore has it that the original beverage 
contained cocaine from the coca leaf, at least ... Asa Griggs Candler, founder of 
the Coca-Cola Company, was also a banker ... interests' sale of the firm for $25 
million to a consortium headed by Atlanta businessman Ernest Woodruff in 1919.