Arthur Blank was Fired from His First Job. First Home Depot Customers Said 'These Guys are Nuts'
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026
Arthur Blank is co-founder of The Home Depot (NYSE: HD), the largest home improvement retailer on the planet. He owns the NFL's Atlanta Falcons. His net worth is just over $10 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index (1). But none of it was handed to him.
In a recent interview with The School of Hard Knocks (2), the 83-year-old billionaire looked back on a career that started with getting fired and nearly ended before it began — and explained why he still doesn't know when he became a billionaire.
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