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Arthur Blank is the co-founder of Home Depot, growing the company into a global retail giant with a value of US$ 200 billion. Blank expanded his business portfolio to include the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United FC, significantly impacting the American sports industry.
Aug 24, 2023 · Arthur Blank’s Early Years and Business Dealings. Blank, then 59 years of age, purchased the Falcons from the Smith family. The Falcons were first founded by Atlanta businessman Rankin M. Smith, who later handed over the team to his son Taylor Smith. Blank, who is now 80, bought the Falcons for $545 million. Along with his stake with Home ...
Aug 2, 2020 · Sun, Aug 2, 2020, 9:40 AM 3 min read. Arthur Blank and Bernie Marcus may have found huge success with their company Home Depot, but their venture only started after they were fired from a ...
Aug 19, 2005 · Arthur M. Blank was born in the Queens borough of New York City in 1942 to Molly and Max Blank. In 1963 Blank earned a business degree from Babson College in Massachusetts. After working for a few years at an accounting firm, he went to work for his father’s small pharmaceutical company. The family business was bought in 1968 by Daylin, the ...
Jan 26, 2017 · For Arthur Blank, who acquired the Atlanta Falcons in 2002, the end of a 15-year wait to see his team play in the Super Bowl is the biggest highlight of what he says has been "a wonderful year" that also has included seeing the team's new stadium rise winning rights to host 2019 game.
Blank is dedicated to his own giving back. Since 1995, the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation has granted more than $1 billion, and will significantly accelerate the impact of its philanthropy over the next 10+ years in its new priority areas of giving, which include Youth Development, Democracy, Environment, Mental Health and Well-Being, and ...
Our story, now almost 40 years in the making, is also theirs. Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank dreamed up The Home Depot from a coffee shop in Los Angeles in 1978. Avid DIYers, they envisioned a superstore that would offer a huge variety of merchandise at great prices and with a highly trained staff. Employees would not only be able to sell, but ...
