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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 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 December 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 ...
Diana Latow Blank (born September 13, [1] 1942) [2] is an American philanthropist who founded the Kendeda Fund. She is the former wife of The Home Depot co-founder, Arthur Blank . Biography
In April 1978, he and future Home Depot co-founder Arthur Blank were fired during a corporate power struggle at Handy Dan. [11] [12] In 1978, they co-founded the home-improvement retailer Home Depot, with the help of merchandising expert Pat Farrah and New York investment banker Ken Langone who assembled a group of investors. The first two ...
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Bernard Marcus was CEO of Handy Dan in 1978 when he was fired along with company vice president Arthur Blank amid a corporate power struggle with Daylin CEO Sanford C. Sigoloff. Marcus and Blank went on to found Home Depot. [5] [6] Daylin was purchased by W. R. Grace and Company in 1979. [7]
Along with Arthur Blank, Marcus opened the first two Home Depot stores in Atlanta in 1979. Marcus served as CEO from the company's inception until 1997, and he was active in the company until 2002.
Amanda Blank (born 1983), American rapper and singer; Arapera Blank (1932–2002), New Zealand poet, short-story writer and teacher; Arthur Blank (born 1942), American businessman and a co-founder of Home Depot; Barbie Blank (born 1987), American model and professional wrestler better known as Kelly Kelly; Boris Blank (musician) (born 1952 ...