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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 ...
"Arthur Blank and Bernie Marcus: The Home Depot Story" (PDF). Journal of Business Leadership. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2020 – via American National Business Hall of Fame. "Two Guys Commercial". WNBC. August 1977. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021 – via YouTube.
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.
Marcus, who had a net worth of about $7.4 billion, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index, gained his fortune from establishing The Home Depot with Arthur Blank in 1978.
In 1974, Langone formed the venture capital firm Invemed. Langone organized financing for Bernard Marcus and Arthur Blank to found Home Depot. Now an international chain with over 450,000 employees, it is Langone's most notable business venture. [5] Langone was a member of the board of directors of General Electric from 1999 to 2005.
Home Depot cofounder and billionaire Arthur Blank joins business leaders supporting Harris. Blank's fellow cofounder is a prominent Trump donor, reflecting the private sector's partisan split.
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