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Bernard (Bernie) Marcus was born to Russian Jewish immigrant parents in Newark, New Jersey. [2] He was the youngest of four children and grew up in a tenement. He graduated from South Side High School in 1947. [3] Marcus wanted to become a doctor, and was accepted to Harvard Medical School, [4] [5] but could not afford the tuition.
The Home Depot was co-founded by Bernard Marcus, Arthur Blank, Ron Brill, Pat Farrah, and Ken Langone in 1978. The Home Depot's proposition was to build home-improvement superstores, larger than any of their competitors' facilities. Investment banker Ken Langone helped Marcus and Blank to secure the necessary capital.
Bernard Marcus was CEO of Handy Dan in 1978 when he was fired along with company vice president Arthur Blank amid a corporate power struggle with Sanford C. Sigoloff, who led Handy Dan's owner at the time, Daylin Inc. Marcus and Blank went on to found Home Depot. Daylin was purchased by W. R. Grace and Company in 1979.
Neiman Marcus is an American department store chain founded in 1907 in Dallas, Texas by Herbert Marcus, his sister Carrie Marcus Neiman, and her husband Abraham Lincoln Neiman. It has been owned by the Neiman Marcus Group since 1987, and is a sister brand to luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman through this ownership.
The Bank of United States was chartered on June 23, 1913 with a capital of $100,000 and a surplus of $50,000. The bank was founded by Joseph S. Marcus, a former president of the Public Bank, also of Delancey Street. Marcus, who was responsible for the building up of Public Bank, started the new bank, with the backing of several well-known ...
Marcus Foundation (Bernard Marcus): $1,573,000 in 2015–18; Donors Trust (on behalf of a cohort of right-wing private donors): $610,000 in 2017 and $906,000 in 2019; Darwin Deason: $510,000 in 2014; Thomas W. Smith Foundation: $400,000 in 2014–18; Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation: $232,500 in 2014–18, $100,000 in 2019
Make America Number 1 is a right-wing super PAC (political action committee) that supported the presidential campaigns of Ted Cruz and Donald Trump in the 2016 United States presidential election. During the primary campaign, the super PAC was known as Keep the Promise I. [1] In the general election, it informally termed itself Defeat Crooked ...
Macrinus Bust, Capitoline Museums Roman emperor Reign 11 April 217 – 8 June 218 Predecessor Caracalla Successor Elagabalus Co-emperor Diadumenian (218) Born c. 165 Caesarea, Mauretania Caesariensis (now Cherchell, Algeria) Died June 218 (aged 53) Cappadocia (modern-day Turkey) Spouse Nonia Celsa Issue Diadumenian Names Marcus Opellius Macrinus Regnal name Imperator Caesar Marcus Opellius ...