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     • Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank cofounded Home Depot in 1978 after being fired from their jobs at a regional hardware store. In 1981, Marcus, Blank and early investor Ken Langone took Home Depot public. All three men are now billionaires.
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   Who are Arthur Blank & Bernie Marcus?

   • 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 different home improvement retailer in 1978. Before they were fired, the two men worked at Handy Dan Home Improvement, a regional company in Southern California.

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   Who is blank & Marcus?

   • Envisioning a nationwide chain of warehouse stores filled with a wide assortment of products at the lowest possible prices and staffed with trained associates giving absolutely the best customer service in the industry, Blank and Marcus set up shop in two defunct Treasure Island discount stores in suburban Atlanta.

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   Are Bernie Marcus & Arthur Blank still at Home Depot?

   • While The Home Depot may be huge, Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank still do their best work where the little things count¬-out on the store floors. On a regular basis, they embark on "road shows," during which they make unscheduled visits to Home Depot stores across the country.

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   What did Marcus and blank do at Home Depot?

   • In the early days of Home Depot no one came into the store, so Marcus and Blank sent their kids out into the streets to hand $1 bills to anyone willing to walk in. Initially, Marcus wanted to be a doctor but couldn't afford Harvard Medical School, so he instead studied pharmaceuticals at Rutgers in his native N.J.

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   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 different home improvement retailer in...

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   Oct 10, 2008 · In their book, Built From Scratch, Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank outline the universal core values they believe apply to every business: Give excellent customer service. Take care of your people.

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   When The Home Depot was founded in 1978, Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank had no idea how revolutionary this new “hardware store” would be for home improvement and the retail industry. Today, we’re proud to be the world’s largest home improvement retailer.

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   2 days ago · Co-founder, ex chairman of the board, The Home Depot. Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank cofounded Home Depot in 1978 after being fired from their jobs at a regional hardware store. In 1981,...

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7. corporate.homedepot.com › news › historyTHROWBACK THURSDAY: THE BEGINNING OF THE HOME DEPOT

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   Jan 15, 2015 · Founders Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank discuss the early beginnings of The Home Depot in the below excerpt from their book, Built from Scratch, written in 1998. The creation of The Home Depot began with two words in the spring of 1978: “You’re fired!”

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   Arthur Blank and Bernie Marcus revolutionized the home improvement industry with their Home Depot chain of retail stores. They not only conceived of a new way of running the business but also succeeded in implementing their vision.

9. www.forbes.com › profile › arthur-blankArthur Blank - Forbes

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   3 days ago · Arthur Blank and Bernie Marcus cofounded Home Depot in 1978 after being fired from their jobs at a regional hardware store. Blank retired as Home Depot's co-chairman in 2001 and bought the...