James Cash Penney
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About
Well-named entrepreneur who started the J.C. Penney Company in 1913.
Before Fame
He planned on going to college to become a lawyer.
Trivia
He nearly lost everything he owned after the 1929 stock crash. He became ill and had to be hospitalized in the Battle Creek Sanitarium. He heard the hymn God Will Take Care of You, after which he became a born-again Christian.
Family Life
He was with his third wife Caroline Marie Autenrieth for over 40 years. Over the course of his three marriages, he had three sons and two daughters.
Associated With
He founded 40Plus with Arthur Godfrey.
