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Brill attended Fairleigh Dickinson University. Mr. Brill has made a significant impact on the Atlanta Community through his and his wife's, Lisa Brill, philanthropic efforts. Ron currently serves on the Governing Board of the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta as well as the Governing Board of Woodward Academy. Mr.
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Ron Brill, the company’s first employee who worked as an executive vice president under Blank and Marcus until he retired in 2001, put in overtime to make sure Blank didn’t catch errors before ...
Mar 12, 2014 · About 80 percent to 85 percent of the people that it serves are of Jewish heritage. The decision to launch the capital campaign was made because during the lean years; Brill said the Center was...
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Home Depot turned out to be one of the greatest new company launchesin history. The company went public in 1981 at what is now a split-adjusted 24 cents per share. The IPO raised cash needed after the fourth store opened. Marcus stepped down as CEO in 1997 but remained chairman until 2002, when the price had risen to 46 a share. Now? Home Depot sha...
Marcus' father was a cabinet maker in Newark, N.J. Debilitating rheumatoid arthritis tormented Marcus' mother. A doctor told her having another child was the only way the ease the condition. He gave her hormone shots. As a result, Bernie was born in 1929, the youngest of four. Growing up Jewish, Marcus faced antisemitism. And bullies beat him up. H...
Marcus went to the Rutgers College of Pharmacy. But he often missed classes because he was working as a partner in a startup selling meat freezers and serving in the National Guard. After graduating, he became a partner at a drugstore, but that job didn't work out. He discovered he loved retailing, though. He joined a series of stores where he lear...
In 1969, Marcus became executive vice president of merchandising at Daylin, a retailing conglomerate. He quickly made enemies when he questioned the sales projectionsof fellow executives. In 1972, he was moved from running a $6 billion business to heading the six stores of the recently acquired Handy Dan chain in Los Angeles. "It was a demotion and...
But by 1975, Daylin was going down the tubes, filed for Chapter 11 reorganization, and hired restructuring guru Sandy Sigoloff to turn it around. Sigoloff was notorious for his "slash and burn management style that made creditors happy and nobody else," Marcus said. "He taught me more about leadership than anybody in my career because he showed me ...
After retiring, Marcus formed the Marcus Foundation to apply his business skills to support charities in a handful of areas. His first focus is free enterprise. "The American dream is alive, if you have ambition and aren't afraid to fail," he said. But he also sounds a warning: "We wouldn't be able to build Home Depot today because there is so much...
One of Marcus' favorite projects is the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, the city where Home Depot is headquartered. The aquarium needed to bring in 100,000 animals from all over the world. Opened in 2005, it attracts millions of visitors each year, "creating jobs and making the city and state a favorite for business conventions," Marcus said. But Marc...
Former CEO and co-founder of Home Depot.Overcame: Enormous challenges of attracting customers to a new retail concept.Lesson: "Our positive attitude was probably the key to our success. We just were not going to take no for an answer. If one idea didn't work, we'd try another."Nov 22, 2020 · Left to right: Dennis Ross, Arthur Blank, Bernie Marcus, Pat Farrah, Ron Brill. Credit: Photo courtesy of The Home Depot Archives On being fired from Handy Dan in 1978 and forced out of Home Depot in 2001 after two decades of booming growth
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Mar 7, 2014 · About 80 percent to 85 percent of the people that it serves are of Jewish heritage. Recommended. The decision to launch the capital campaign was made because during the lean years; Brill said...
Jan 5, 2017 · B’nai Mitzvah. JANUARY 7. Libby Brill Daughter of Paz and Ron Brill, Saturday, Jan. 7 at Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos Hills. Asher Ezrin Son of Marilyn and Thomas Ezrin, Saturday, Jan. 7 at Peninsula Temple Sholom in Burlingame. Nesyah Galatin Daughter of Ravid Haselkorn-Galatin and Peter Galatin, Saturday, Jan. 7 at Congregation Kol ...
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