Kenneth G. Langone
Ken Langone is the former director of the New York Stock Exchange and the co-founder of Home Depot. Known for his foresight and hands-on approach, Ken Langone believes in founding business relations on integrity, ability and candor. As an investment banker and entrepreneur, his business record demonstrates the inherent value of persistence and the results of sound business principles founded on relationships.
Although not born to privilege, Ken Langone took his first steps toward financial success when he graduated with a degree in economics from Bucknell University and then obtained his MBA by attending the part time program at the New York University School of Business while working full time. Ken Langone's career in business kicked off when he took Ross Perot's company, Electronic Data Systems, public in 1968. However, he really made a name for himself as a businessman in 1978 when he co-founded Home Depot, now one of the most successful companies in the Fortune 500.
As a philanthropist, Ken Langone has contributed tens of millions to charitable organizations that include the Cancer Research Fund of Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation, the New York Philharmonic, the Children's Oncology Society (Ronald McDonald House), and the Robin Hood Foundation. Ken Langone has also donated considerable funds to Bucknell University, New York University, and Ken's Kids, Inc. a not-for-profit philanthropic organization affiliated with Home Depot that provides opportunities in the workplace for young adults with disabilities.
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