SS Kresge
ABOUT SS KRESGE
Turned two five-and-dime stores into the K-Mart corporation, which was worth hundreds of millions.
He worked as a traveling salesman and hardware store clerk.
His net worth would have been around $5 billion in 2012 dollars.
He had five children with his first wife, later divorcing her and remarrying.
He and Susan B. Anthony were both staunch supporters of the temperance movement.
