Arthur Blank: I got fired, then started Home Depot

The Home Depot co-founder, Arthur Blank, shares the story of when he and Bernard Marcus were simultaneously fired from their executive roles and how it served as the impetus to create The Home Depot
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[@macpops0]

I will always love this man and give him the most respect. He came to my school in PHX Arizona when I was growing up.He gave our high schools $ to buy a track and football field before all it was dirt and nothing their.

[@deetrain8867]

I have no friends from Atlanta and no interest in Atlanta sports. However, I have always liked the way Arthur Blank carries himself. He seems like a shark in the business world, but the kind of guy I could have a good conversation with. He's very likeable.

[@zesolodar]

also donates a ton of money to the city

[@loneranger7877]

I guarantee Arthur can get the part of a mafia boss in Hollywood

[@MoombaOB]

That's funny, because every time I see him on the Falcons sideline, I always see him as a Mob Boss.

[@davidscher1620]

Better food for thought. How does a guy that looks like a mob boss become the creator of HD? I call shenanigans. Lol

[@shustyrackleford_710]

Oh okay cool some internet random guarantees something

[@mikeymike1981]

😂

[@dishrod3516]

Fired two days before I was born. Makes me feel like Home Depot and I were born on almost the same day.

[@spikeleroy9506]

You have the best interviews. They always provide me with great insight & clarity to persevere

[@r3ddeucefellows997]

Graham keep good work!!! In depth great interviews

[@Polo22546]

ALL billionaires cross their legs like this.

[@DurealzForReal]

they have to support their massive balls from falling to the floor

[@dustinh1583]

@@DurealzForReal I think they just let them hang so they are able to cross their legs like this because they are just bowling balls on the floor.

[@ishtar0077]

I like how all the employees are sending emails talking about how hard they work and get no where in company. They just release his book books 2018 and workers are mad. Those emails are being posted everyday from the thousands of workers. He had great idea, but his company got big with hard work and the loyalty from his workers.

[@Journeyman-Fixit]

The amazing birth of Home Depot, thanks for the success story. Thumbs up!

[@OmarDakhane]

The amount of class in this interview is infinite! Mr. Blank is one of the greatest and most charismatic businessmen I have ever seen.

[@chrisdugan5555]

This guy had no clue the absolute pain that was coming his way 2 months after this interview.

[@jakeferreirafamily]

28-3

[@andrewlock5622]

He’s wearing the same suit...prolly burned it

[@thewhoareyou3772]

What happened?

[@chrisdugan5555]

@@thewhoareyou3772 Tom Brady happened

[@cwr8618]

i'm not tracking?

[@shanefarmer5488]

Very inspiring story MR author

[@aulorenzo1498]

Someone should tell him to say off the sidelines. Every time you see him there, the Falcons get their ass beat

[@dapperdap]

Graham with another amazing series of interviews. Best interviewer on the plant.

[@liamfenwicker]

*planet

[@jeffbarksdale5835]

Dylan Pellegrene I'm not sure hopefully soon he'll be doing it in another country

[@carlissimo64]

Pay your HD employees a decent wage. They’re struggling and leaving your company in droves!

[@FawnZilla]

carlissimo64 Agreed

[@ishtar0077]

You are so right. The ones that make the money for company is worker in store. His book is out. About how much he loves capitalism. While the ones that service his costumer only get paid 11 and never get full time position bc they don't want to give them benefits. .they want to make billions of dollar and forget the workers that keep the money coming to their pockets. Strike should happen or publish book about how bad it is to work in retail jobs .

[@wwbuirkle]

I know people at HD that are making over 20 an hr

[@jessicafitzpatrick8438]

Do they work in specialty or are they a Supervisor/ Assistant Manger/ Manager? most associates that do make that much could have been there 20+ years too. Selective wording is dangerous and sometimes can put on a false perception.

[@wht240sxka]

Get a different job. When you raise wages for HD or McDonald’s, Walmart, it cause everything to go up... Then in the grand scheme of things your raise did nothing for anyone

[@JohnDoe-fs6lz]

Immense respect .

[@mikewoodson6930]

My sister worked directly for Mr. Blank, many years. Very unique man. He was always very good to her. She passed away unexpectedly and Mr. Blank made sure everything was taken care of etc. Expressed genuine sympathy and care. The only time I ever spoke with a Billionaire, it wasn’t what I expected. Very kind and caring. Now I’m sure others would say different. At his level in the business World, I’m sure you can’t always be kind and caring but probably the opposite. I will say when he enters a room, you damn well know he’s someone. A huge presence.

[@TripleAstyle1]

I didn't get fired, but I work at Home Depot whenever I shop there to ring myself out...... whens my W2 coming? Shit needs to stop.

[@rolandroy6885]

Wow, I never knew he was part of that!!

[@d.b.cooper8878]

Wow! Price Club helped shape the course of Costco and Home Depot!

[@IgiWhiteman]

"Arthur Blank: I got fired, then started Home Depot" next video.... "Arthur Blank: I was fired from Home Depot " lol

[@Wall2000x]

Great guy...

[@michaelatkinson6730]

If he would not have gotten fired he would still be a mid level guy at Handy Dan. Sometimes what we think are bad things are a blessing.

[@mwalker5141]

Very interesting. I like that interview. Can you also do 1 on how that company was a penny stock then grew.

[@ravinbechan9186]

Looking to join team at HOME DEPOT how to get hire on

[@Bighern96]

I didn’t know city of industry was in East LA?

[@francisharrisn1325]

I Was Hired At home depot I Was Over Joyed I felt This Is A Company I Can Grow With Like A Family I Worked 15 Months As a Front End Cashier Supervisor,Managers Called Me In To Work On My Off Days,I Worked Hard Alot Of Over Time, I Went Out Of My Way To Make Sure Each Customer Was Satisfied And I Created Proffesional Friendly Working Atmosphere For My Cashiers, Chad,Dee,Bri, and Joseph And My Cart Pushers Tee and Andrew...My One Year Anniversary I Put In For My Vacation For The Up Coming March (I was Denied My Vacation) I Went To The Store Manager Mindy She Approved My Vacation, Days Before My Vacation A Customer Ran Over My Foot With a Emtpy Lumber Cart,I Notified Store Manager ,I Went To A Doctor The Doctor Did X-ray Went On Vacation-After Vacation I was Called Into Work,I Went Into Work Wearing The Medical Boot Given To Me By My Doctor I Told Charlene I Will Try To Work My Foot Was Having Minor Pain At That Time,While at Work Chad Ask Me If I Was Leaving Home Depot-I said No Why?-Chad Said My Job Was Posted On The Computer,I went to the Break Room and On the Computer My Job Was Was Posted 3 Days Before My Vacation Was Over,I Thought It Was A Mistake,I Went Back To Doing MY Job,The Next Day I Tried To Work For 4 Hrs But My Foot Was In Severe Pain On MY Lunch Break I could Barely Walk I Told Manager Charlene I Am In Severe Pain I need To Go Home, Charlene Told Me I Could Not Go Home,My Husband Came and Got Me Took Me Home,Three Days Michelle H&R Called Ask Me If I was Coming Back To Work I told Michelle H&R I Will Be Coming Back To Work As Soon As The Doctor Release Me,Michelle H&R Ask For Another Medical Leave-I Told Michelle H&R The Doctor Said I After My MRI Is Done And The MRI Results is Given To Me By The Doctor-The Doctor Will Give Me Another Medical Leave Of Absense,June 3 In the Doctor Office With a Nurse In My Presense I Called Michelle H&R Ask For The Fax Number -Michelle H&R Told Me There Was a Meeting And I Was Terminated- I Told Michelle H&R I am At My Doctor Office The Nurse Can Fax The MRI Results And The Medical Leave Of Absense, Michelle Replied Oh I Do Not Know What To Do..I have Called Home Depot but Home Depot Does Not Return My Calls,June 4th I filed For Unemployment,I got Denied Unemployment Because (LIED Home Depot Said I Voluntary Quit.,.,

[@humblehugh23]

🙏🏿

[@ripvanishh4723]

I looked this up trying to find something about Saw IV

[@michaelm2998]

40 employees? When i worked at Home Depot a decade ago they had 15-20 employees on the floor at a time

[@jasonwest2064]

And the rest is history

[@michaeldalton8374]

200,000 square feet. 7 employees to manage it. Doing a great job there, boss. 🙄

[@waterbottle4782]

You are actually able to find seven? I cannot find a single f@cking one.

[@gristlepounder]

My son who is in college and was working at Home Depot for 2 years, got multiple awards for above and beyond and promoted, got another award this morning (they said hardest working in the store) was fired later today for dispute with co-worker. Turns out it was on-line dispute on "his phone and off the clock" that got him fired and he did not start the dispute. So this will become a legal dispute from my standpoint Home Depot and let's see how the local news reports this.

[@flipperhansen5600]

Your son gets fired and you wanna make it a legal battle? Sure go ahead. Their lawyers have better things to do, but they’ll still squash you like a bug. Just move on.

[@edwardjones2202]

More impressed by people that start from nothing. Big handout from corporate buddies is 70% of the battle.

[@nemo227]

Investors NEED to invest their money and they NEED to find managers/entrepreneurs who they feel have great promise. The history of many great businesses is the story of investors with real vision meeting real managers. Many people are called managers when they are merely administrators. That's what I understand from the viewpoint of looking back on more than 40 years in business.

[@kejuanlynette8531]

I can't imagine being that rich. He has a good life full of so many accomplishments!! Praying for you Mr. Blank!

[@erikhopkins9488]

This guy could write blank checks and get away with it!

[@jeffbarksdale5835]

That hair on blank only rivaled by Grahams

[@zekemontgomery6678]

He should walk in to a Home Depot...

[@timsevigney4036]

I had a 25 point lead with a quarter to play...

[@tylerduvall2701]

Tim Sevigney and we game Matt the ball ...

[@bryanfrombuffalo7685]

I had a few dollars laying around

[@manuelvalencia9228]

Connect a Blank blank #IRS

[@manuelvalencia9228]

Art...

[@sportsareforwomen3428]

He has to adjust his posture

[@davidmulhern5877]

As owner of the Atlanta Falcons, this man has received over $700 million in subsidies from Georgia taxpayers. That is completely ridiculous. His net worth is over $7 billion. He should not be getting hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money that are supposed to go to roads, schools and police. It must be nice to be able to get free money from the public. Further analysis shows that he made a profit. Meaning that he didn’t need all the money they gave, he got extra and kept it. Atlanta taxpayers do not get a cut of the parking revenue, or restaurant revenue. Why do we think this is OK? Why should we be giving this man hundreds of millions of dollars for free to use to make himself richer? Maybe one day I will figure that out. But until then I will work and earn my own money.

[@AW-lo2tw]

Mr. Blank funds an Atlanta Children's hospital. There is some really unethical and disgusting things going on there. I also have audio of doctors threatening my 14 year old daughter and her dad. We were finally able to leave Georgia and move back to the Bergen County area near NYC and get out daughter good medical care. She has severe environmental allergies but docs grossly misdiagnosed her even though we had medical records to show a history of sinus issues. There is only one option for children in all of Georgia creating a situation with poor care and tyrannical behavior from the CEO, doctors, nurses and other staff. We have evidence we would be willing to share. Over the past year I'm finding a pattern that this hospital call children and family services on any parents who ask for a second opinion or merely disagree with medical personnel. Poor families with limited resources cannot afford a legal team to fight these false allegations made by the hospital. People are losing their children for sometimes years because of false allegations made by hospital personnel. Apparently in GA no evidence of any kind is needed for them to take your children and the hospital staff have figured this out. Our family would love an opportunity to speak with Mr. Blank about funding a competing health care system for children. Competition forces better care.

[@invernessfan3017]

He has made money.

[@rrltruckingllc2605]

Glad you had people with money are you work at McDonald's

[@lananavan1885]

Beenie hat nose party

[@cwr8618]

what?

[@perknowitzki5777]

Home Depot stinks

[@shanefarmer5488]

I know a Jew when I see one

[@shanefarmer5488]

Omg I just googled his heritage and he is in fact a Jew

[@ericgustafson8716]

What does that have to do with anything