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Bernard Marcus Co-founder, ex chairman of the board, The Home Depot $9B Real Time Net Worth as of 9/16/23 #241 in the world today Photo by Richard Drew/AP Photo About Bernard Marcus Bernie...

Bernie Marcus was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1929 to Russian Jewish immigrant parents. He and Arthur Blank co-founded The Home Depot in 1978, and now the company has 2,300 stores. The former...

Bernard " Bernie " Marcus (born May 12, 1929) is an American billionaire businessman. He co-founded The Home Depot, was the company's first CEO, and its first chairman, until retiring in 2002.

Bernard "Bernie" Marcus is the co-founder and former president of The Home Depot, a home improvement chain throughout the United States. Marcus is a prominent donor to political and philanthropic causes in both Georgia and nationally with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

In a classic all–American rags–to–riches story, billionaire Bernard Marcus ascended from a childhood in the tenements of Newark to the co–founding of the world's largest home improvement retailer, The Home Depot, Inc., making him one of the richest men in America.

Birthplace: New Jersey Race: White Gender: Male Father: Owner, Small Business View All Entries Education / Military Undergraduate: Rutgers University focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one discipline or industry to solve alone.

The Home Depot was co-founded by Bernard Marcus, Arthur Blank, Ron Brill, Pat Farrah, and Ken Langone in 1978. The Home Depot's proposition was to build home-improvement superstores, larger than any of their competitors' facilities. Investment banker Ken Langone helped Marcus and Blank to secure the necessary capital.

Marcus has received more than $400 million in dividends since 1987, according to Bloomberg's analysis. A person familiar with the fortune said in December 2021 that Bloomberg's calculations were ...