Do you know who Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank are? They are the Masterminds behind Home Depot. You've heard of that before right?
Bernie got fired from his job as CEO of a California based Home Improvement store called Handy Dan. He was 50 years old.
You're 50 years old and you get fired. You're supposed to quit. You pack it in and say screw it, I'm done. Not Bernie. He grabbed the CFO who was also getting fired and they moved out of California and made the trip East to Atlanta GA. They weren't quitting, At 50 years old Bernie was just getting started.
Home Depot today has a market cap in excess of 200 Billion dollars and it is the largest Home Improvement store on Planet earth. Handy Dan? GONE.
