Francis Stanton Blake was born on July 30,1949 and is an American businessman and lawyer, who was the chairman and CEO of The Home Depot from January 2007 to May 2014.
16 Facts About Frank Blake
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Frank Blake attended Brooks School in North Andover, Massachusetts, class of 1967.
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Frank Blake received his bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1971, and a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 1976, where he served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Columbia Law Review.
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In 1977, Frank Blake married Anne McChristian with whom he had two children.
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From 1971 to 1973, Frank Blake was a legislative assistant to the joint committee on Social Welfare of the Massachusetts legislature.
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Frank Blake was admitted to the District of Columbia bar in 1978.
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Frank Blake served as a law clerk to Judge Wilfred Feinberg and then to Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.
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Frank Blake held the position of general counsel at GE Power Systems.
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Frank Blake then served as Deputy Secretary for the US Department of Energy, a role similar to that of chief operating officer in the private sector.
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Frank Blake joined the Home Depot in 2002 as executive vice president for Business Development and Corporate Operations, and vice chairman on the board of directors, reporting directly to chairman and CEO Robert Nardelli.
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Frank Blake's responsibilities include real estate, store construction and maintenance, credit services, strategic business development, special orders and service improvement, call centers and Installation Services Business.
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On October 11,2016, Frank Blake was named non-executive chairman of Delta Air Lines.
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Indeed, Frank Blake repudiated many of his predecessor's strategies, and it has been reported that the two men have not spoken since Nardelli departed Home Depot.
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Nardelli, who regarded home improvement store-by-store sales as less important due to market saturation from competition such as Lowe's, aimed to dominate the wholesale housing-supply business through building up HD Supply, a unit that Frank Blake sold for $8.5 billion in August 2007 since it was not part of Home Depot's integrated business.
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Frank Blake remained chairman until his retirement on February 2,2015, with Menear taking the role.
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In 2019, Frank Blake was named a Georgia Trustee by the Georgia Historical Society, in conjunction with the Office of the Governor of Georgia, to recognize accomplishments and community service that reflect the ideals of the founding body of Trustees, which governed the Georgia colony from 1732 to 1752.