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Bernie Marcus dead at 95

Co-founder of Home Depot spent 24 years building a corporate legacy

For 24 years, Bernard Marcus led one of Georgia’s most successful Fortune 500 companies as its CEO. Home Depot became the most trusted source and supplier for home improvements.

After being fired from his position as CEO for Handy Dan Improvement in 1978. Marcus teamed up with another former employee of Handy Dan Improvement to start Home Depot. The very first location of Home Depot was located in the eastern metropolitan area of Atlanta in, Decatur, on Memorial Drive. Home Depot’s warehouse concept started a trend that many other retail opertions would soon follow.

In 2002, Marcus stepped down from Home Depot as its CEO and led a much simpler life as a fish watcher. Marcus donated $250 million to build the Georgia Aquarium in the middle of downtown Atlanta to help attract more people to the area. During its time of opening, the Georgia Aquarium was known as the country’s largest aquarium.

Marcus had donated to a number of organizations over and one of hism most favorite was the Republican party. Marcus leaves behind a wife, Billi, and three grown adult children.

Miles J. Edwards

Founder & Creative Chief Architect, Art, Trade & Lifestyle Media Group Miles J. is an award-winning professional writer, filmmaker, and journalist with three decades of deep-rooted expertise in media production and investigative storytelling. As the founder and Creative Chief Architect of Art, Trade & Lifestyle Media Group, he leads editorial strategy and high-fidelity content development across expanding regional bureaus, focusing on the critical intersections of public policy, emerging technology, and urban infrastructure. A native of the California Bay Area and a long-time resident and community advocate in metro Atlanta, Miles J. brings a unique, bi-coastal perspective to modern journalism. His current editorial work includes building comprehensive policy blueprints for state gubernatorial races and producing forward-looking docuseries that examine municipal development, transit innovations, and workforce evolution. Committed to lifelong learning and cutting-edge industry standards, he actively couples traditional journalistic integrity with modern marketing management frameworks to shape the future of digital news architecture. Expertise: Public Policy, Emerging AI Technologies, Transit Infrastructure, Urban Development, Media Architecture. Credentials & Affiliations: Member of the Atlanta Media Press Core, Project Callisto Search Quality Evaluator.

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