Maxine Clark
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.jpg) Clark in 2014 | |
| Born | Maxine Kasselman March 6, 1949 Coral Gables, Florida, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Founder of Build-A-Bear Workshop |
Maxine Clark (born Maxine Kasselman on March 6, 1949 in Coral Gables, Florida)[1] is the founder of Build-A-Bear Workshop, an American retailer that sells customizable teddy bears and other stuffed animals.
She graduated from the University of Georgia in 1971[2] with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.[3] She holds an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Saint Louis University. In 2006, she published her first book “The Bear Necessities of Business: Building a Company with Heart”.
After college, she worked at Hecht's, a division of the May Company department store chain, and in 1976 was promoted to the corporate offices in St. Louis, Missouri.[4] In 1992, Clark became the president of Payless Shoe Source, and left the company in 1996.[5]
References
- ^ "Maxine K. Clark".
- ^ "UGA Alumni Association : Women of UGA : Amazing Women of UGA". Archived from the original on June 13, 2010.
- ^ Osborne, Kimberly. "Maxine Clark, founder of Build-A-Bear Workshop® to speak at summer commencement". UGA Today. University of Georiga.
- ^ Eng, Dinah (March 19, 2012). "Who Built Build-A-Bear?". Fortune. 165 (4): 49–51.
- ^ "Build-A-Bear's Founder Shares Her Story". Bloomberg Business Week. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
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External links
- Biography on the Build-A-Bear Website
Media related to Maxine Clark at Wikimedia Commons
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