Home Depot Story: From $30,000 to $300B

After loosing jobs Bernie Marcus & Arthur Blank founded Home Depot in 1978.

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Their aim was to create a customer-focused store.

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The first Home Depot store was opened in Atlanta in 1979.

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The investment of first Home Depot was $30,000.

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Despite initial dounts Home depot reached $2B in sales in 1989.

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By 1995, Home Depot had 500 stores and sales of $10B.

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The key to Home Depot's success is top customers services & their team.

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Today Home Depot employs more than 400,000 people.

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Today Home Depot has market cap of over $300B.

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