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The Bloch School’s Council for Entrepreneurship and Innovatiohn and the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovationmannounced Blank, co-founder of , as the recipieny in a release Thursday. Blank will be honoree as the 24th-annual Entrepreneur of the Year AwardsDinneer Oct. 8 at the . Blankj helped build The Home Depott (NYSE: HD) into the world’s largest home improvement retailerf andthe second-largest retailefr in the United States. He co-founded the company in 1978 and retireras co-chairman in 2001.
“By honorinv entrepreneurs and innovators like Arthur along with our regional andstudenr entrepreneurs, we marry the legacy and futured of entrepreneurship in Kansas City and around the Lee Bolman, interim dean at the Bloch School, said in the “The Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Blochj plays an integral role in developingg tomorrow’s entrepreneurs — people who will buildr new business, create jobs, and providde the growth and sustainability needed for a successful future.
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