# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bernard-marcus
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:08:25.706Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bernard-marcus"
name: "Bernard Marcus"
slug: "bernard-marcus"
description: "Bernard Marcus was an American billionaire businessman. He co-founded Home Depot in 1978. He was the company's first CEO and first chairman until retiring in 2002. In November 2024, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$10.3 billion. He was a major donor to the Republican Party, including Donald Trump's presidential campaigns."
tagline: "American businessman, philanthropist and political donor (1929–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bernard_Marcus.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1929-05-12"
deathDate: "2024-11-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.49677866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8545903/"
    handle:    "nm8545903"
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    title: "Bernard Marcus"
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    title: "Bernard Marcus"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump