# Arthur Blank

_American businessman and sports team owner_

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Last updated: 2026-10-30

> Arthur Morris Blank is an American businessman who co-founded the home improvement retailer The Home Depot. Blank owns four professional sports teams based in Atlanta, Georgia: the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL); Atlanta Drive GC of golf league TGL, which won the SoFi Cup in 2025; Atlanta United FC of Major League Soccer (MLS), which won the 2018 MLS Cup; and Atlanta City FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Blank is chairman of the teams' parent company, AMB Group LLC.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 27 September 1942 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2865008#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Sunnyside ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2865008#P19))
- **Citizenship:** United States ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2865008#P27))
- **Occupation:** entrepreneur; businessperson ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2865008#P106))
- **Education:** Stuyvesant High School; Babson College ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2865008#P69))

## Questions

**When was Arthur Blank born?**  
Arthur Blank was born on 27 September 1942 in Sunnyside.

**Where did Arthur Blank study?**  
Arthur Blank was educated at Stuyvesant High School, Babson College.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Arthur Blank](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Blank) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q2865008](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2865008) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Arthur Blank 2016.jpg by Thomson200 (CC0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_Blank_2016.jpg)

## Licence and attribution

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## Cite this page

"Arthur Blank". DigiNepal. Last updated 30 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/arthur-blank. Retrieved 5 November 2026.