Maxine Clark

Maxine K. Clark

Maxine Clark from Build-A-Bear at Disney Social Media Moms Conference

Clark in 2014
Born Maxine Kasselman
(1949-03-06) March 6, 1949
Nationality American
Occupation Founder of Build-A-Bear Workshop

Maxine Clark (born: Maxine Kasselman on March 6, 1949, in Coral Gables, Florida, USA[1]) is 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] She holds an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from St. 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.[3] In 1992, Clark became the president of Payless Shoe Source, and left the company in 1996.[4]

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  1. "Maxine K. Clark".
  2. "UGA Alumni Association : Women of UGA : Amazing Women of UGA". Archived from the original on 13 June 2010.
  3. Eng, Dinah (March 19, 2012). "Who Built Build-A-Bear?". Fortune 165 (4): 49–51.
  4. "Build-A-Bear's Founder Shares Her Story". Bloomberg Business Week. Retrieved 12 October 2011.

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