Bernie Marcus

“We had to be psychologists, lovers, romancers, and con artists to get our suppliers aboard...”

“When they come into Handy Dan and this whole hardware sector, this is like bringing a bazooka to a knife fight.”

“Instead, after discovering the business was insolvent, they walked from the acquisition entirely but hired the erratic, insolvent founder himself.”

“Then tell Sigaloff to go F himself and just do this thing.”

“Ross Perot — Founder of EDS; nearly funded Home Depot for 70% equity in exchange for $2 million but killed the deal”

“Sandy Sigaloff ("Ming the Merciless") — Turnaround CEO brought in to run Dalen out of bankruptcy”

“Arthur Blank — Co-founder and financial/operations genius behind Home Depot”