Bernie Marcus co-founded The Home Depot with Arthur Blank in 1978, with the help of investor Ken Langone. The idea and investment made the trio billionaires and philanthropists.
Bernie Marcus, the co-founder of Home Depot, has died at the age of 95. Marcus, who grew up in New Jersey, was the youngest son of poor Russian immigrants and became a self-made billionaire with a net worth of over $11 billion, per Forbes, after founding the home improvement chain with Arthur Blank in 1978, with the support of investor Ken Langone.
"I wake up every morning and I say, ‘What is this dunce going to do today?’" "He cut back drilling, he caused the inflation, the inflation caused every other problem for every businessman, for every American," Marcus said. "And the people that he’s supposed to represent – the poor people, the middle class – they’re getting killed today.
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