Francis Stanton "Frank" Blake (born 30, July 1949 in Boston) is the chairman and CEO of The Home Depot. He was appointed to this position in January 2007. Prior to this he worked for the U. S. Department of Energy and General Electric.
Blake received his bachelors degree from Harvard in 1971. He then received his JD from the Columbia Law School in 1976.
From 1971-1973 Blake was a legislative assistant to the joint committee on Social Welfare of t...
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Francis Stanton "Frank" Blake (born 30, July 1949 in Boston) is the chairman and CEO of The Home Depot. He was appointed to this position in January 2007. Prior to this he worked for the U. S. Department of Energy and General Electric.
Blake received his bachelors degree from Harvard in 1971. He then received his JD from the Columbia Law School in 1976.
From 1971-1973 Blake was a legislative assistant to the joint committee on Social Welfare of the Massachusetts legislature. He was admitted to the District of Columbia bar in 1978. He served as a law clerk to Judge Wilfred Feinberg and then to Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.
From 1991-1995 he was the general counsel for General Electric.
In 1977 Blake married Anne McChristian. They have two children. In 2005 he remarried Liz Lanier (Blake) who works as general counsel Habitat for Humanity International
Frank Blake joined The Home Depot in 2002 as executive vice president, Business Development and Corporate Operations. His...
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