Fastenal founder Bob Kierlin dies

Fastenal founder, Winona philanthropist Bob Kierlin dies
Bob Kierlin’s frugality was legendary — he bought suits secondhand, never drove a fancy car, and even built his own basement wine cabinet one weekend, though he could have certainly afforded to have it build for him.
Fastenal founder Bob Kierlin dies at 85Fastenal founder Bob Kierlin dies at 85
Bob Kierlin, the founder of Fastenal, has died at 85. Kierlin served as Fastenal’s CEO from 1968 to 2002 and was on its board of directors until 2014. Kierlin, a Winona Cotter graduate, also represented Winona as a state senator from 1999 until 2006.
Fastenal founder, Winona philanthropist Bob Kierlin dies at age 85
Kierlin died Monday in Winona, according to his obituary. A former Minnesota state senator, he was best known for founding Winona-based hardware manufacturer Fastenal Company in 1967. It would go on to become a Fortune 500 company after going public in 1987.
Winonans remember Fastenal founder, Winona philanthropist Bob Kierlin
He also represented Winona as a state senator from 1999 until 2006.
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Born in 1939 in Winona, Kierlin grew up in a modest, German-Polish Catholic household and loved riding his bike around town as a young boy. He would ride around collecting popsicle wrappers to collect prizes from the popsicle company and said he and a friend collected 4,
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