Dimensions
152 x 241 x 25mm
How a Couple of Regular Guys Grew the Home Depot from Nothing to $30 Billion.
This is the story of two incredibly determined, creative people who bounced back from personal setbacks to create an entrepreneurial legend.
Arthur Blank, a CPA, and Bernie Marcus, an ex-pharmacist, were devastated when they were both fired in 1978 by corporate raider Sandy Sigiloff. Blank and Marcus both recovered from their professional downturn to found The Home Depot, a phenomenally successful business with 1,000 locations, 200,000 employees, and $30 billion in sales.
The Home Depot story is one of the great entrepreneurial tales of the last twenty years - how incredibly determined and creative people built a business empire from nothing. It is an inspirational tale of two people who had to beg for capital to begin and grow their business but never forgot their principles.
The Home Depot today is one of American's toughest, most growth-oriented companies, but one with huge sense of responsibility to its employees and to the communities in which it operates. Well over 1,000 Home Depot hourly associates are millionaires (from stock options and other benefits ) who continue to work at the store level.
