[2] In 1905, Hopkins performed a promotional stunt where he drove a car 400 miles over muddy roads and swollen rivers from Atlanta, Georgia, to Greensboro, North Carolina.

[3] In 1909, Hopkins moved from Greensboro, North Carolina, to Atlanta, Georgia, to engage in business with the fledgling automobile, oil, and gasoline industry.

He started selling Overland automobiles, becoming a distributor in nine Southern states, and took an active interest in the Good Roads Movement.

[5] By 1916, he had successfully recovered his losses and began investing in the cotton, railroad, rubber, and shipping industries, resulting in a substantial fortune amounting to several million dollars.

In addition to being a stockholder in the Carl G. Fisher hotel chain operating in Florida and New York, he owned 98 houses and cottages in Miami.

[7] Hopkins was also the director of the Bureau of Supplies at a time when, in his words, "the world's markets and the transportation facilities of the United States perhaps have never been as greatly demoralized as now."

"[8] At the time of his death at age 57, Hopkins owned a sizeable amount of valuable metropolitan Miami real estate, investing great sums in properties during the last few years before his passing.

[3] The construction of the Roosevelt Hotel commenced under the direction of Fred Rand, situated at the far end of his Second Avenue business strip at Fourteenth Street.

[3] Hopkins's holdings included real estate in Atlanta, Georgia, where he maintained a home on Peachtree Street for several years.

Hopkins believed the Coca-Cola Company had barely scratched the surface of the possibilities before it, and that it was being devalued by Ernest Woodruff, a potential buyer.

Then he walked into the main branch of Chase National Bank in New York, signed a six-month note, and borrowed $1 million in cash so he could buy more.

Ernest, Robert, and their allies at Trust Company launched a new round of short sales, hoping to depress the price of the stock, while Hopkins spent his million dollars buying up their positions and keeping the value high".

The money was planned to be used for the development of the Emory University medical department's facilities, and the erection of a home for the Good Samaritan Clinic.