Marcus, whose philanthropy included founding the Marcus Foundation, helping launch the Georgia Aquarium, and Republican Party fundraising, died Tuesday at 95.

A man of second acts, Marcus started Home Depot after getting fired from another retailer. He then became a philanthropist, a Republican megadonor and an evangelist of capitalism.

Bernie Marcus has died at age 95. Along with devastation, many tributes have been posted online in honor of Marcus and his legacy with Home Depot

Home Depot co-founder Bernard Marcus passed away at the age of 95, a company statement has revealed. He was married to Billi Marcus before his death, and prior to that, to Ruth Rados, who passed away in July 2023.

In 1978, he came up with the idea of a warehouse-style store that would appeal to the do-it-yourself homeowner. With a partner’s help it became the world’s largest home-improvement retailer.

Bernard Marcus, the billionaire co-founder of Home Depot who has for years been an ardent supporter of former President Donald Trump, has died at 95.

Bernard “Bernie” Marcus, the co-founder of The Home Depot, a billionaire philanthropist, and a big Republican donor, has died

Bernie Marcus has endorsed Donald Trump for president in an op-ed, writing that the GOP front-runner is the best person to restore American prosperity and dismantle an “administrative state."

Billionaire, philanthropist and political donor Bernie Marcus died in Boca Raton, Florida, surrounded by family. Bernard “Bernie” Marcus, the co-founder of The Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement chain,

After getting fired together from a hardware business in the 1970s, Bernard Marcus and Arthur Blank set out to build their own retail chain. They started with a few stores in Atlanta and built Home Depot into a national powerhouse that made them both billionaires.