Truett Cathy was born March 14th, 1921 in Eatonton, Georgia. He grew up in Eatonton, Georgia in a boarding home where he learned a lot of responsibility and money management. He grew during a tough time in the country, which was The Great Depression. Growing up during such a tough time had some disadvantages and advantages. Some advantages of growing up in The Great Depression was that he didn’t have a lot of money, so he had to learn how to make his own money. The ways he made money was by selling magazines and Coca-Cola drinks from door to door. He created his own paper route for selling magazines to people. He sold the Ladies’ Home Journal for fifteen cents and the Saturday Evening Post for five cents. He also sold Coca-Colas for five cents, which gave him a five-cent profit. …show more content…
During this period of time, people were losing their jobs, homes, and food was scare. People held on to the little money that they had. Truett’s dad worked for a car insurance place and since money was scarce his customer’s couldn’t afford to pay for their premiums. No source of income led to their family going into debt which eventually led to them being in debt at the grocery store. Truett grew up in a home where it had to be rented for a dollar a day and all of his family slept in the same room that had two or three beds in it. No matter what Truett was going through at home, he still have the heart to hustle and make money for himself and his