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# Arthur Blank

Recorded founding associations · The Home Depot

## Founding associations

Arthur Blank is recorded as a founder of [The Home Depot](https://businessownerindex.com/company-reference/the-home-depot-q864407/) in the cited public company records. The person record describes Arthur Blank as American businessman and sports team owner.

## [The Home Depot](https://businessownerindex.com/company-reference/the-home-depot-q864407/)

American multinational home improvement supplies retailing company. Recorded founding year: 1978.

Explore the [The Home Depot company reference](https://businessownerindex.com/company-reference/the-home-depot-q864407/) for the recorded cofounders, business context, and company-specific source trail.

## Research context: Retail and consumer businesses

Consumer-business research should separate the brand customers recognize from the legal organization behind it. A brand may sell directly, through stores, through wholesale partners, or through several channels. The available founding association does not establish the present channel mix or whether ownership has changed.

### Questions for researching The Home Depot

- Does the company’s official site explain the current products and sales channels?
- Is the founder associated with the brand, its original operating company, or a later parent organization?
- Which dated business records support the company history rather than repeating an undated biography?

This sector context is a reading guide based on the company’s recorded description. It does not attribute a particular business model or capability to The Home Depot without supporting evidence.

## Follow the founding team

Arthur Blank’s association with [The Home Depot](https://businessownerindex.com/company-reference/the-home-depot-q864407/) can be researched alongside [Bernard Marcus](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/bernard-marcus-q2898293/), [Kenneth Langone](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/kenneth-langone-q6390362/), [Pat Farrah](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/pat-farrah-q7143429/), [Ron Brill](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/ron-brill-q7363572/). The company’s recorded founding year is 1978. The shared company record is the evidence for this connection; it does not establish that these people currently work together.

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## Public sources

- [Wikidata public record Q2865008](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2865008): person identity and public description.
- [Wikidata public record Q864407](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q864407): founder association with The Home Depot.

## Using this founder record

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