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Atlanta is the home to major corporations:

One of Atlanta’s oldest and most well-known companies, Coca-Cola, began in Atlanta when Dr. John Pemberton, an Atlanta pharmacist concocted the coca-cola soft drink formula in a brass kettle in his backyard, trying to discover a headache tonic. Coca-Cola was incorporated in Atlanta in 1888 and is now one of the top 100 companies in revenue in the United States.

Another home-grown success story, Home Depot, started in Atlanta in 1978 and is now the 13th largest company in the United States.

In the 1970s and 80s, companies and organizations such as Georgia-Pacific and the American Cancer Society moved their headquarters to Atlanta – and the trend has continued with UPS, the world’s largest shipper, ING Americas, Holiday Inn and InterContinental Hotels, CARE International, Philips Consumer Electronics, GE Energy, Porsche Cars North America, Newell Rubbermaid, Novelis and Spectrum Brands (Rayovac Batteries) -- all moving their headquarters to Atlanta in the last 10 years.

Atlanta was the Home of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games!
For the first time the Summer Games were held in the eastern U.S. Approximately 8 million tickets were sold to Olympic events in Atlanta venues. It is estimated that the Olympics brought between 1.5 and 3 million people to the city and an estimated $5.1 billion in economic impact.


The information presented here was gathered from information presented by the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. 

Forbes.com, Jan. 2008: Best Cities for Jobs 2008, no. 4