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- Home Depot CEO Craig Menear has worked at the retailer since 1997.
- Before that, he worked at Montgomery Ward and Ikea.
- The Home Depot CEO was selected for the top spot over current Lowe’s CEO Marvin Ellison, who was also a top Home Depot executive at the time.
Craig Menear has been climbing the ladder at Home Depot for years — and not one of the orange metal ones that employees use to grab products off high shelves.
He’s worked at the company since 1997, steadily rising through different leadership roles before becoming CEO in 2014.
In 2018, USA Today reported that Menear made $11.6 million in total compensation for his role as Home Depot’s chief executive. But how did he come to run the company in the first place?
Here’s a look into Menear’s life and career:
Menear was born and raised in Flint, Michigan, where his father worked at General Motors.
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Menear told the Atlanta Business Chronicle that he still considers Michigan home. Michigan is where Menear met his wife, Dawn.
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"We went to school together in grade school," he said. "She lived five houses down the street from me when we were 10 years old. We started going out in junior high."
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