Home Depot

The Home Depot (or Home Depot) is a company in the United States. It sells things for people to improve their homes and build things. It has over 2,000 stores. The Home Depot's main office is in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Home Depot makes more money than any other home improvement store. It is the fourth largest store in general. The stores are very big, with high ceilings, like a warehouse. They are usually 105,000 square feet. (9,755 square meters). The biggest Home Depot is 225,000 square feet. It is in Union, New Jersey.

History
Bernard Marcus, Arthur Blank, Ron Brill and Pat Farrah founded The Home Depot in 1978. They wanted to have warehouses to sell home-improvement tools and materials. A banker named Ken Langone helped them get enough money.

"Bernie and I founded The Home Depot with a special vision -- to create a company that would keep alive the values that were important to us. Values like respect among all people, excellent customer service and giving back to communities and society."

The first two stores opened in 1979 in the city of Atlanta. The first headquarters was on Terrell Mill Road in Marietta, Georgia.

In the 1990s, The Home Depot moved its headquarters to some skyscrapers near the town of Vinings, Georgia.

The two founders, Marcus and Blank retired in 2000. Robert Nardelli became the new CEO.

Robert Nardelli quit being CEO on January 3, 2007. He quit because of controversy about how much money he makes. Then, Frank Blake become the new CEO.

Other websites

 * Home Depot, Inc. (Corporate website)
 * Home Depot Canada (English and French website)
 * Home Depot USA (English website)