“Bernie not only (had) the vision, he could do the hard work to make the vision become a reality.” Marcus in later years spent much of his time shuttling between homes in Atlanta, South Florida and ...

(WANF/Gray News) - Bernie Marcus ... Within two years The Home Depot went public. Today the retail chain has more than 2,300 stores in North America. Marcus retired from actively working at ...

A man of second acts, Marcus started Home Depot after getting fired from another retailer. He then became a philanthropist, a ...

(WANF/Gray News) - Bernie ... Marcus, Blank and Langone founded The Home Depot, and opened their first-ever two stores in Atlanta on June 22, 1979. Within two years The Home Depot went public. Today ...

ATLANTA — Bernard "Bernie" Marcus, the co-founder of The Home Depot and a Republican megadonor ... story and other breaking news in Atlanta and north Georgia.