Marvin ellison home depot biography

LIST OF LOWE’S CEOS THROUGH TIME

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• L.S. Lowe (founded Lowe's North Wilkesboro Hardware in 1921)
• Jim Lowe (took over the hardware store in 1940 after L.S.

  Lowe died)

• Carl Buchan (became joint owner with Jim Lowe in 1943, then sole owner in 1952 when company was incorporated as Lowe's North Wilkesboro Hardware)
• Robert Strickland and Leonard Herring (part of 5-man executive team that took company public in 1961 under name Lowe's Companies Inc.

  after Buchan's death)

• Robert Niblock (served as CEO before retiring in 2018)
• Marvin Ellison (became president and CEO in 2018, still current)

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L.S. LOWE (FOUNDER OF LOWE’S)

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In 1921, Lucius Smith Lowe established the first Lowe's store in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina—a small general store selling an array of products from hardware to groceries.

This tiny store would grow into one of the largest home improvement retailers in the world.

Though L.S. Lowe sadly passed away in 194