Home Depot Founder Dead

Today, conservatives are celebrating a huge win in the general election.

But, we have also lost… as it is now being reported that Bernie Marcus, the founder of Home Depot, has passed away.

Marcus was a huge supporter of Donald Trump and a major donor to the GOP.

He’s Gone

On Tuesday, Home Depot announced that its founder had passed away.

Along with a tribute to the man, the company stated, “He was a master merchant and a genius with customer service.”

Marcus attended Rutger’s University in New Jersey, then entered the corporate world.

He did not actually start Home Depot until he had been fired from a regular corporate job.

Marcus, along with Arthur Blank and Ron Brill, and funding from Ken Langone, launched Home Depot.

The goal was to have a store that would be a one-stop shop for DIY enthusiasts.

The founding of this store opened the door for a boom in the contractor business, as well as providing a place for laborers to find work.

If you have ever been outside a Home Depot at 6 a.m., you have likely seen dozens of workers ready to go, waiting for contractors to hire them after they leave the checkout lanes.

Marcus and Home Depot were almost canceled in 2016 when Marcus announced that he was supporting Donald Trump.

He even wrote an op-ed to explain his position, writing, “I genuinely believe that if we were to started The Home Depot today, we would fail because of the hurdles government, especially the current administration, places in front of small business owners.”

Unlike many of Trump’s high-profile supporters from 2016, Marcus stood behind Trump in 2020, and again in 2024.

Again, he wrote an op-ed explaining his position, stating, “For the first time in my 94 years on earth, I fear for the future of our democracy. … The world has also changed since 2020. It is much less safe … the different factions of the Republican Party must unite behind Trump.”

The real shame in all of this is that he did not get to witness the end of the election, showing that Trump did, in fact, win, and did so in what appears to be a landslide win.