Maxine Clark

Maxine Clark (née Kasselman, born March 6, 1949 in Coral Gables, Florida) is the founder of Build-A-Bear Workshop, an American retailer that sells customizable teddy bears and other stuffed animals.

Education 
She graduated from the University of Georgia in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. She holds an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Saint Louis University.

Career 
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.   In 1992, Clark became the president of Payless Shoe Source, and left the company in 1996.

References

External links 
 Biography on the Build-A-Bear Website
 

Category:1949 births
Category:Living people
Category:American businesspeople
Category:People from Coral Gables, Florida
Category:University of Georgia alumni
Category:New America (organization)