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Bernie Marcus

Bernie Marcus

Bernie Marcus cofounded Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement retailer, and served as its inaugural CEO and chairman until his retirement in 2002. Over the last several decades, he has redirected his entrepreneurial spirit toward hundreds of charitable endeavors to solve big problems. He has given away more than $2 billion and is a signatory of the Giving Pledge. His new book is Kick Up Some Dust: Lessons on Thinking Big, Giving Back, and Doing it Yourself.

Bernie Marcus is an opinion columnist for the CEOWORLD magazine.
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EMPLOYEES DON’T NEED PERMISSION

A central part of the Home Depot culture was the desire to help the communities we served, especially during natural disasters or national emergencies. Our proudest moments are when our people stepped up. When Hurricane Andrew hit South Florida on August 24, 1992, we lost a number of stores but...