Arthur M. Blank

Perhaps best known as co-founder of The Home Depot, Arthur Blank is now widely recognized for his diverse businesses. Recipient of the 2024 Sports Business Journal’s Lifetime Achievement Award for his immense industry impact and named by ESPN as the 2021 Sports Philanthropist of the Year, Blank is a tireless advocate of using purpose and profit hand-in-hand to benefit the communities around him.

Blank has been distinguished by Forbes as one of the World’s 100 Greatest Living Business Minds 2017, Sports Business Journal’s Executive of the Year 2018, Sports Business Journal’s one of the 50 Most Influential People in Sports 2016, 2017, 2018 and Sports Business Journal’s Influence 125, recognizing the most influential people in sports business this century.

In addition to the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, Blank’s portfolio of businesses includes the Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta United and Atlanta City FC; PGA TOUR Superstore; Mountain Sky Guest Ranch, West Creek Ranch, Paradise Valley Ranch and Auster at Dome Mountain; Atlanta Drive GC; and Mercedes-Benz Stadium, host of Super Bowl LIII in 2019 and Super Bowl LXII in 2028. Blank is also part of Strategic Sports Group and serves on the PGA TOUR Enterprises Board of Directors.

Since 1995, the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation has granted more than $1.7 billion, investing in education, parks and green space, youth development and community redevelopment. The Foundation also leads giving programs for all the for-profit businesses within the Blank Family of Businesses portfolio.

A native of Queens, N.Y., Blank received a B.S. Degree in Business Administration with Distinction from Babson College.