- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Robert W. Woodruff (1889-1985)
- Creator:
- Zainaldin, Jamil S., 1948-
- Date of Original:
- 2006-03-24
- Subject:
- Businessmen--Georgia--Atlanta
Coca-Cola Company
Philanthropists--Georgia--Atlanta
Executives--Georgia--Atlanta
Businesspeople--Georgia--Atlanta
Woodruff, Robert Winship - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Robert Woodruff. The name Robert Woodruff is synonymous with the Coca-Cola Company. His leadership, which lasted five decades, moved the company, in financial straits when he took control, into the ranks of a world-renowned corporation and made Coca-Cola one of the best-known and most widely distributed products. Woodruff's impact extended beyond the company he led. He practiced a lifetime of civic-minded philanthropy, most of it anonymously, and exerted a powerful influence on Atlanta's business, cultural, and political development in the twentieth century. He left much of his personal wealth to a charitable foundation that today bears his name.
GSE identifier: SS8E2 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/robert-w-woodruff-1889-1985/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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