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S. S. Kresge
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 58 years ago |
Date of birth | July 31,1867 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Born | Allentown |
Pennsylvania | |
United States | |
Date of died | October 18,1966 |
Died | East Stroudsburg |
Pennsylvania | |
United States | |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Clara Katherine Swaine |
Children | Howard Carrington Kresge |
Ruth Harvey Kresge | |
Stanley Sebastian Kresge | |
Anne Watling | |
Katherine Dewey | |
Founded | Kmart |
The Kresge Foundation | |
S. S. Kresge Company | |
Kresge-Newark | |
S.S. Kresge Company | |
Known for | Kmart |
Parents | Catherine Kunkle |
Sebastian Kresge | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1087539 |
S. S. Kresge Life story
Sebastian Spering Kresge was an American businessman. He created and owned two chains of department stores, the S. S. Kresge Company, one of the 20th century's largest discount retail organizations, and the Kresge-Newark traditional department store chain. The discounter was renamed the Kmart Corporation in 1977.