Early life Arthur Blank
blank in 2009 after graduating babson college, blank hired arthur young , company, senior accountant. later joined daylin corporation, rose become president of elliott s drug stores/stripe discount stores, division of daylin. when daylin decided sell off division, blank moved division, handy dan home improvement centers. bernard marcus ceo of handy dan , blank vice president of finance when both fired in 1978 part of internal power struggle. in 1978, blank co-founded home depot marcus. new york investment banker ken langone assembled initial group of investors , merchandising guru patrick farrah helped founders realize vision of one-stop shopping do-it-yourselfer. store revolutionized home improvement business warehouse concept , blank , marcus became billionaires result. blank spent 19 years company s president before succeeding marcus ceo. blank retired company in 2001 co-chairman. today, blank chairman, president, , ceo of amb group llc, parent company of falcons , atlanta united. c...