CMU Alumnus and The Home Depot CEO Ted Decker Shares Insights at President's Lecture Series
<p> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.cmu.edu/news/sites/default/files/styles/listings_desktop_1x_/public/2026-03/260326D_PLS_Ted_Decker1084.jpg.webp?itok=vaf3r1-p" width="900" height="508" alt="Farnam Jahanian talks onstage with Ted Decker. "> </p> Ted Decker, CEO and president of The Home Depot, Carnegie Mellon University Board of Trustees Member and Tepper School of Business alumnus, returned to his alma mater on Thursday, March 26 as a distinguished speaker for the President’s Lecture Series.
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