The Home Depot is an American retail chain that is the largest in the world selling repair tools and building materials. The company is headquartered in Winings, Georgia. The company employs 355 thousand employees. The network operates 2,144 stores in the United States , Canada , Mexico and China .
| The Home Depot, Inc. | |
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| Type of | Public company |
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| Base | 1978  USA : Atlanta , Georgia |
| Founders | , , and |
| Location | Winigs , Georgia |
| Key figures | Robert Nardelli , CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors |
| Industry | Retail Stores (Home Supplies) |
| Products | Home goods: appliances, tools, hardware, garden tools, etc. |
| Turnover | ▲ $ 78.812 billion ( 2014 ) |
| Net profit | ▲ $ 5.385 billion ( 2014 ) |
| Assets | ▼ $ 40.518 billion ( 2014 ) |
| Capitalization | ▲ $ 162.66 billion (2017) |
| Number of employees | 371,000 ( 2015 ) |
| Site | www.homedepot.com |
The Home Depot is one of the largest retailers in the United States. The company takes 101 place in the list of Fortune Global 500 for 2011 [1] .
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Shareholders
The largest shareholders of The Home Depot for 2016:
- Capital World Investors - (6.94%)
- The Vanguard Group, Inc. - (6.07%)
- State Street Corporation - (4.27%)
- FMR, LLC - (3.30%)
- BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, NA - (2.69%)
- JPMorgan Chase - (1.87%)
- Capital Research Global Investors - (1.60%)
- Northern Trust Corporation - (1.47%)
- Bank Of America Corporation - (1.47%)
- BlackRock Fund Advisors - (1.35%) [2] [3]