Arthur Blank
#999Arthur Morris Blank is an American businessman who co-founded the home improvement retailer The Home Depot. Blank owns four professional sports teams based in Atlanta, Georgia: the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL); Atlanta Drive GC of golf league TGL, which won the SoFi Cup in 2025; Atlanta United FC of Major League Soccer (MLS), which won the 2018 MLS Cup; and Atlanta City FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Blank is chairman of the teams' parent company, AMB Group LLC.
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xAI Grokipedia EnrichedArthur Morris Blank is an American businessman who co-founded the home improvement retailer The Home Depot. Blank owns four professional sports teams based in Atlanta, Georgia: the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL); Atlanta Drive GC of golf league TGL, which won the SoFi Cup in 2025; Atlanta United FC of Major League Soccer (MLS), which won the 2018 MLS Cup; and Atlanta City FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Blank is chairman of the teams' parent company, AMB Group LLC.
- Arthur Blank and Bernie Marcus cofounded Home Depot in 1978 after being fired from their jobs at a regional hardware store.
- Blank retired as Home Depot's co-chairman in 2001 and bought the NFL's Atlanta Falcons for $545 million in 2002 (his stake's now worth $6.7 billion).
- He brought pro soccer to Atlanta with his Major League Soccer team Atlanta United FC, which started playing in March 2017.
- In August 2017, both of Blanks' teams moved into their new $1.5 billion home, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which hosted the 2019 Super Bowl.
- In 2012, he signed the Giving Pledge and committed to give more than half of his wealth away.
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Arthur Blank Arthur M. Blank (born 1942) is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of The Home Depot, the world's largest home improvement retailer, and...