Bernie Marcus, co-founder of The Home Depot, died at his Florida home Monday at the age of 95.
Marcus was the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants and embodied the American Dream. He rose from living in a tenement in New Jersey to riches through his business, a Home Depot press release states.
Marcus was worth some $6 billion at the time of his death. An official from the Jobs Creator Network, a nonprofit group set up by the billionaire for small businesses, said that he died from natural causes. Marcus was a Republican mega-donor and Trump supporter.
The Home Depot employs nearly 500,000 workers across thousands of stores throughout the United States. “The entire Home Depot family is deeply saddened by the death of our co-founder Bernie Marcus. He’s left us with an invaluable legacy and the backbone of our company: our values and our culture. He will be tremendously missed,” the…
