The Founding Story and the Inverted Pyramid

Home Depot was born from a firing. In 1978, Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank were ousted from Handy Dan Home Improvement Centers and immediately turned that setback into a plan that reshaped retail. This module covers the founding, the "inverted pyramid" servant-leadership model the founders embedded into the company, and why understanding that origin story is the single most useful piece of context a candidate can carry into a Home Depot interview.