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On 1 June 2016, Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus published an essay on the web site Real Clear Politics in which he announced that he was endorsing GOP candidate Donald Trump for President of the United States: While Real Clear Politics correctly identified Bernie Marcus as the co-founder of Home Depot and Chairman of the Marcus Foundation, many who shared the above-quoted story incorrectly stated that Marcus was the current CEO and President of Home Depot: Bernie Marcus was a co-founder of Home Depot home improvement chain, and he did serve as the company's first CEO, as well as its chairman of the board, for 19 years. However, he retired from both those positions in 2002 and is no longer actively involved in running the company. Shortly after Bernie Marcus published his essay endorsing Donald Trump, Home Depot replied to a complaint about his announcement on their Facebook page by noting that Marcus had retired from the company several years earlier: Marcus stirred similar controversy in mid-2019 when he mentioned in an interview that he planned to support Trump's re-election bid: That revelation prompted another round of calls for boycotts of Home Depot, even though Marcus is no longer actively involved with the chain:
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