when was coca cola founded

Coca‑Cola as a drink was first created and sold in 1886, but The Coca‑Cola Company itself was founded (incorporated) in 1892.

Quick Scoop

• The Coca‑Cola drink was invented by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in Atlanta in 1886.

• It began as a soda fountain beverage, marketed as a kind of medicinal tonic.

• In 1888, businessman Asa Griggs Candler bought the rights to Coca‑Cola.

• Candler then formally founded The Coca‑Cola Company in 1892 in Atlanta, Georgia.

So, if you’re asking “when was Coca‑Cola founded?” in a company sense, the answer is 1892; if you mean when the drink itself first appeared, that was 1886.

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