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  Home Depot is publicly traded and appears to be mostly owned by institutional funds, though that can get murky.
  You're referring to the cofounder of Home Depot, Bernie Marcus. And yeah...he's a nutter.
context: I was in a Walgreens in Albuquerque recently and every single thing in the store was locked up behind plexiglass. I had to get an employee to tour the store with me to get what I wanted.
  Edit:  here's a pic I took of one of the rows. They were all like this. >
  
  Honestly i would have just walked out >
  
  I recently went to Home Depot for jigsaw blades while in the middle of a project and I had to wait a long time to get someone to open the case, then they took the blades up to the cashier. By the time I made it through the long line, they’d lost the blades and it took them another 10 minutes to find them. If I hadn’t needed the blades that day, I definitely would have walked out. I’m ordering blades early online going forward. I hate it, but I can’t stand them pulling this shit while also being understaffed. >
  
  I just get home depot to deliver now, I guess its a bit pricier but the hassle of dealing with that place can be just more than whats worth it for a weekend day. >
  
  I'd just recommend a different hardware store if you could, Ace isn't bad and I think country wide, but Menard's was amazing for my bathroom renovation recently >
  
  I hate the Ace by my house because a bunch of Old Crazy MAGA owns it. >
  
  We'll, the guy who owns Home Depot is a right wing, long time Republican party donor. 
  That said, he claims to feel "betrayed" after Jan 6, and urged people to support Biden, but I don't think that will continue in 2024.