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Arthur Morris Blank (born September 27, 1942) is an American businessman.He is best known for being a co-founder of the home improvement retailer The Home Depot. [2]Blank owns two professional sports teams based in Atlanta, Georgia – the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL) and Atlanta United FC of Major League Soccer (MLS), the latter of which won the 2018 MLS Cup [3 ...
Bernard Marcus (May 12, 1929 – November 4, 2024) was an American billionaire businessman. He co-founded The Home Depot. He was the company's first CEO and first chairman until retiring in 2002. The Home Depot was co-founded by Bernard Marcus, Arthur Blank, Ron Brill, Pat Farrah, and Ken Langone in 1978. [1][2][3] In November 2024, Forbes ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 November 2024. American multinational home improvement supplies retailing company The Home Depot, Inc. An aerial view of a Home Depot in Onalaska, Wisconsin Company type Public Traded as NYSE: HD DJIA component S&P 100 component S&P 500 component Industry Retail (home improvement) Founded February 6 ...
Bernard Marcus, the co-founder of Home Depot, has died at the age of 95. The company confirmed Marcus' death on Tuesday. Along with Arthur Blank, Marcus opened the first two Home Depot stores in ...
The Home Depot got its start in Atlanta, a city where Marcus was a well-known philanthropist with his wife Billi. The pair started the Marcus Autism Center at Emory University, which helps kids ...
Marcus had dreamt of a one-stop shop for do-it-yourselfers. At age 49, Marcus, along with Blank, founded Home Depot. Investment banker Ken Langone helped to secure financing to get The Home Depot started, according to the company. The first Home Depot opened in Atlanta the following year and by 1981, the company went public and began selling stock.
Marcus, who co-founded with friend Arthur Blank The Home Depot with two stores back in 1979 and who retired as Home Depot chairman in 2002, was also the founder of the influential small business ...
New York University (MBA) Political party. Republican. Spouse. Elaine Langone. Children. 3. Kenneth Gerard Langone Sr. KSG (born September 16, 1935) is an American billionaire businessman best known for organizing financing for the founders of The Home Depot. [1] He is a major donor to the Republican Party.