Bernie Marcus, the co-founder of Home Depot, has died at the age of 95. Marcus, who grew up in New Jersey, was the youngest ...

Bernard Marcus, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants who rose from a tenement in Newark, N.J., to create one of the world’s ...

Bernie Marcus, the co-founder of Home Depot who became a billionaire philanthropist and GOP donor, has died at the age of 95.

“Bernie got whacked,” Blank said in a 2005 interview, “and I got whacked at the same time.” Wall Street financier Ken Langone said Marcus, who had helped build Handy Dan, struggled to make sense of ...

Marcus made his fortune co-founding home improvement chain ... Together with Arthur Blank and Ken Langone, Bernie helped ...

Together with Arthur Blank and Ken Langone, Bernie helped create a nation ... Bernie was unparalleled in generosity and goodwill.” [PHOTOS: Bernie Marcus through the years] Gov.

Founding the company with Arthur Blank in 1978, Marcus spearheaded its rapid growth over the next two decades.

Together with Arthur Blank and Ken Langone, Bernie helped ... In business and in charity, Bernie was unparalleled in generosity and goodwill.” Marcus made his fortune co-founding home ...

“We owe an immeasurable debt of gratitude to Bernie. He was a master merchant and a retail visionary.” Marcus started Atlanta-based The Home Depot in 1978 with Arthur Blank and Ken Langon ...

In 1978, he came up with the idea of a warehouse-style store that would appeal to the do-it-yourself homeowner. With a ...