Arthur m blank biography wikipedia

A successful businessman and community leader in Atlanta , Arthur Blank is a cofounder of the Home Depot corporation and the owner of two professional sports teams, the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United FC. He is also well known for his philanthropy, and his Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation has donated millions of dollars to community causes since Arthur M.

In Blank earned a business degree from Babson College in Massachusetts. The family business was bought in by Daylin, the parent company of a drugstore chain, and Blank stayed on with the new company. Daylin sent him to Griffin to be the controller for their discount drugstore chain, and in he became president and chief executive officer.

Two years later he was promoted to controller of Handy Dan, the largest subsidiary of Daylin, and he relocated to Los Angeles, California.

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After the two men were fired from the company in , they decided to merge their assets and create the Home Depot. After securing sufficient capital and searching nationwide for a suitable location, they opened two stores on June 22, , in Atlanta, which made the city the official home of the Home Depot. The Home Depot revolutionized the home-improvement industry and has been enormously successful.

In the company established an Olympic Job Opportunities program and became a major U.