Leon Levine
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About
Businessman and philanthropist who founded the Family Dollar chain of discount stores in 1959. He opened the second store in 1960, and 20 years later, there were 380 stores open in eight states.
Before fame
He attended Wingate University in North Carolina
Trivia
He was 15 when he was put in charge of the department store that his family owned after his father died and his older brother was drafted into the Korean War.
Family life
He had three children with his wife, Sandra.
Associated with
He and Wilbur Hardee were both entrepreneurs and businessmen from North Carolina.
