Ron Brill

Ron Brill was one of the four original co-founders of The Home Depot and served as the company's first chief financial officer. His background in accounting and financial management provided the numerical rigor the founding team needed to translate Marcus and Blank's retail vision into a financially viable enterprise. Brill managed the company's accounting and financial control functions through the critical early growth years, establishing the reporting systems and financial discipline that allowed Home Depot to scale rapidly without losing visibility into its operational performance. He later served on Home Depot's board of directors.

Ron Brill served as one of the four original co-founders of The Home Depot and its first chief financial officer, providing the financial management infrastructure that allowed the company to survive its precarious early years and scale into one of America's most successful retailers. Brill's accounting background and financial discipline were essential during a founding period when the company frequently operated near the edge of its available capital, requiring careful cash management and supplier relationship management to maintain operations while investing in growth. His contribution to building Home Depot's early financial control systems—inventory tracking, accounts payable management, and financial reporting—established the operational backbone on which the company's extraordinary growth trajectory was built. Brill later transitioned to a board role, continuing to contribute institutional knowledge and financial oversight as the company matured from a startup into a publicly traded company.