Leon Levine
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About
Businessman and philanthropist who founded the Family Dollar chain of discount stores in 1959.
Before Fame
He attended Wingate University of 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.