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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 ...
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.
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 ...
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.
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.
Ranked No. 122, is Arthur Blank, age 82, who co-founded Home Depot.Blank is worth $8.9 billion. Blank is well-known not just for his retail success, but also as the chairman of the Atlanta Falcons ...
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.
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.