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Arthur Morris Blank (born September 27, 1942) is an American businessman.He is best known for being a co-founder of the home improvement retailer The Home Depot.. Blank owns two professional sports teams based in Atlanta, Georgia – the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL) and Atlanta United FC of Major League Soccer (MLS), the latter of which won the 2018 MLS Cup – and is ...
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 is a longtime philanthropist who plans to give away 90% of his $5.9 billion fortune to charity. Bernie and Billi Marcus are signatories of The Giving Pledge, a commitment to give away the majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes. [16] As of 2019, he has given away $2 billion to various philanthropic causes and has pledged to give ...
Blank, the co-founder of The Home Depot and philanthropist, bought the Falcons in 2002. He has since expanded his family's sports empire to Atlanta United, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, and the PGA TOUR ...
Patriots owner Robert Kraft reportedly told Falcons owner Arthur Blank not to trust Bill Belichick, leading Blank to hire a different head coach. (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images) ...
An entire NFL head-coaching cycle and most notably the Atlanta Falcons passed on six-time Super Bowl champion Bill Belichick. It was natural that people, including Tom Brady, would want to know ...
Bill Belichick made no demands for additional authority during his two interviews with Atlanta in the coach search that led to the hiring of Raheem Morris, according to Falcons owner Arthur Blank.
The Atlanta Falcons' third season under head coach Arthur Smith hasn't gone any better than the first two. They have a 6-8 record and would have to win all three of their remaining games to avoid ...