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Bernie Marcus, who co-founded The Home Depot with Arthur Blank, has died at the age of 95. Marcus and Blank started the home improvement chain in Atlanta in 1978.
Bernard “Bernie” Marcus, the billionaire Home Depot cofounder and a Republican megadonor, who in recent years became an outspoken supporter of former President Donald Trump, has died, the ...
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 ...
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.
The Home Depot was co-founded by Bernard Marcus, Arthur Blank, Ron Brill, Pat Farrah, and Ken Langone in 1978. [6] [7] [8] The Home Depot's proposition was to build home-improvement superstores, larger than any of their competitors' facilities. Investment banker Ken Langone helped Marcus and Blank to secure the necessary capital.
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 ...
The co-founder of Home Depot thinks so. In a recent interview with the Financial Times, Bernie Marcus says he wouldn’t be successful if he started his chain of home-improvement stores today ...
The Marcus Foundation is a prominent philanthropic organization established by Bernie Marcus, co-founder of The Home Depot, and his wife, Billi Marcus. [1] The goal of the foundation is to improve the cure rates of childhood brain tumors through direct funding of organized clinical research. [2] The Marcus Foundation refers to three different ...