Billionaire Arthur Blank was fired from his first job. When he launched The Home Depot at 36, customers said 'these guys are nuts'

The company co-founder grew up in Queens, lost his father as a teenager and got fired before building a $340 billion company.
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Kevin O’Leary’s first job — and the money lessons you can learn from it

In a LinkedIn post he shared years later, O'Leary reflected on that early job and how a single uncomfortable moment changed ...