Maxine Clark
Founder at BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP, INC.
Net worth: 3 M $ as of 2024-03-30
Profile
Maxine K.
Clark founded Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. in 1997, where she worked as Chairman from 2004 to 2011 and Prosper Women Entrepreneurs in 2012, where she is working as Managing Partner from 2012.
Ms. Clark also currently works at ReadyNation, Inc., as Co-Chairman & CEO, Clark-Fox Family Foundation, as CEO and President from 2004, Kipp St Louis, as Chairman, and various other companies.
Ms. Clark also formerly worked at Teach For America, Inc., as Chairman, Simon Youth Foundation, as Chairman, Gemstone Solutions Group, Inc., as Director from 2014 to 2017, and various other companies.
Ms. Clark received her undergraduate degree in 1971 from the University of Georgia.
Known holdings in public companies
| Company | Date | Number of shares | Valuation | Valuation date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-11 | 87,121 ( 0.61% ) | 3 M $ | 2024-03-30 |
Maxine Clark active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
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| BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP, INC. | Founder | 1997-08-31 |
| St. Louis Regional Public Media, Inc. | Chairman | - |
| Goldfarb School of Nursing At Barnes-Jewish College | Director/Board Member | - |
Prosper Women Entrepreneurs
 Prosper Women Entrepreneurs Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Prosper Women Entrepreneurs operates as an advocacy company for the woman entrepreneurs. It is comprised of two separate divisions: Prosper Institute, a non-profit organization that helps growth-seeking women entrepreneurs advance their businesses to create economic prosperity, and the Prosper Women Entrepreneurs Startup Accelerator, a for-profit organization focused on increasing women entrepreneurs' access to growth capital and the number of women investing in early stage capital markets. The company was founded by Mary Jo Gorman, Maxine Clark, Peter Finley, Carol Matthews, Hal Gentry, and Jennifer Ehlen in 2012 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO. | Founder | 2011-12-31 |
myEDmatch LLC
 myEDmatch LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services myEDmatch LLC operates a matchmaking employment website. The firm provides services for educators and schools with shared missions, beliefs and goals to find each other in the United States. Its website helps teachers to match them with the right job in a good-fit school and school leaders to fill their open teaching jobs. The company was founded by Alicia Herald in 2012 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO. | Director/Board Member | - |
Public Broadcasting Service
 Public Broadcasting Service BroadcastingConsumer Services Public Broadcasting Service provides public broadcasting television services. They provide Television programming and related services to 356 noncommercial stations serving all 50 states, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and American Samoa. It offers oversees program acquisition and provides program distribution and promotion, education services, new media ventures, fundraising support, engineering and technology development and video marketing services. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA. | Director/Board Member | - |
| Clark-Fox Family Foundation | Chief Executive Officer | 2003-12-31 |
Parents as Teachers National Center, Inc.
 Parents as Teachers National Center, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Parents as Teachers National Center, Inc. provide parent education and support programs for parents to teach their children in the early years before kindergarten. The organization develops curricula, trains early childhood professionals, and certifies parent educators. It trains parents to recognize developmental delays, prevent child abuse, and get kids ready for school. The organization was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO. | Director/Board Member | - |
Beyond Housing, Inc.
 Beyond Housing, Inc. Hotels/Resorts/Cruise linesConsumer Services Beyond Housing, Inc. is a private company based in St. Louis, MO. The CEO of the company is Christopher Krehmeyer. | Director/Board Member | 2014-09-30 |
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Training of Maxine Clark
| University of Georgia | Undergraduate Degree |
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Linked companies
| Listed companies | 2 |
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| FOOT LOCKER, INC. | Retail Trade |
| BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP, INC. | Retail Trade |
| Private companies | 28 |
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Gemstone Solutions Group, Inc.
 Gemstone Solutions Group, Inc. Apparel/Footwear RetailRetail Trade Gemstone Solutions Group, Inc. engages in the designs, manufactures, and retails apparel and accessories for children. It offers products under the Gymboree, Gymboree Outlet, Janie and Jack, and Crazy 8 brands, as well as play programs for children under the Gymboree Play and Music brand, and women's clothing and accessories under the Shade brand. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Carson, NV. | Retail Trade |
The May Department Stores Co.
 The May Department Stores Co. Department StoresRetail Trade The May Department Stores Co. owns and operates retail distribution department stores. The company sells designer-label apparel, shoes, cosmetics and home furnishings to middle and upper-middle income buyers. The company operates 489 department stores under the names of Famous-Barr, Filene's, Foley's, Hecht's, Kaufmann's, Lord & Taylor, L.S. Ayres, Marshall Field's, Meier & Frank, Robinsons-May, Strawbridge's and The Jones Store, as well as 241 David's Bridal stores, 452 After Hours Formalwear stores, and 11 Priscilla of Boston stores in its Bridal Group. May operates in 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The company was founded in 1877 and is located in St. Louis, MO. | Retail Trade |
Old COPPER Co., Inc.
 Old COPPER Co., Inc. Apparel/Footwear RetailRetail Trade Old COPPER Co., Inc. engages in the operation of retail stores of apparel, home, jewelry, and beauty merchandise. The company was founded by James Cash Penney in 1902 and is headquartered in Plano, TX. | Retail Trade |
Venture Stores, Inc.
 Venture Stores, Inc. Discount StoresRetail Trade Venture Stores, Inc. operates a regional discount store chain in the midwestern and southwestern regions of the United States. The private company is based in O'Fallon, MO. | Retail Trade |
Payless ShoeSource, Inc.
 Payless ShoeSource, Inc. Apparel/Footwear RetailRetail Trade Payless ShoeSource, Inc. (Delaware) owns and operates footwear specialty retailer stores in the Western Hemisphere with 4,605 retail stores. The stores offer fashionable, private and branded label footwear and accessories for women, men and children in a self-selection shopping format. Their stores sell a broad assortment of footwear, including athletic, casual and dress shoes, sandals, work and fashion boots, slippers and accessories, such as handbags and hosiery. The company's retail stores in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Central America, South America and Japan sold over 182 million pairs of footwear. The company is headquartered in Topeka, KS | Retail Trade |
myEDmatch LLC
myEDmatch LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services myEDmatch LLC operates a matchmaking employment website. The firm provides services for educators and schools with shared missions, beliefs and goals to find each other in the United States. Its website helps teachers to match them with the right job in a good-fit school and school leaders to fill their open teaching jobs. The company was founded by Alicia Herald in 2012 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO. | Technology Services |
BJC Health System
 BJC Health System Hospital/Nursing ManagementHealth Services BJC Health System engages in healthcare services. It offers inpatient and outpatient care; primary care; community health and wellness; workplace health; home health; community mental health; rehabilitation; and long-term care. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO. | Health Services |
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
 Barnes-Jewish Hospital Hospital/Nursing ManagementHealth Services Barnes-Jewish Hospital provides healthcare services. It provides its medical services in the areas of cancer, clinics, dermatology, diabetes and endocrinology, digestive diseases, elder care and rehabilitation, emergency medicine, geriatrics, heart and vascular, lung diseases, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopedic care, pain management, palliative care, plastic and reconstructive surgery, psychiatry, radiology, rheumatology, spine and spinal cord, transplant, trauma and acute care surgery, urology and wound/general surgery. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO. | Health Services |
Parents as Teachers National Center, Inc.
Parents as Teachers National Center, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Parents as Teachers National Center, Inc. provide parent education and support programs for parents to teach their children in the early years before kindergarten. The organization develops curricula, trains early childhood professionals, and certifies parent educators. It trains parents to recognize developmental delays, prevent child abuse, and get kids ready for school. The organization was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO. | Commercial Services |
Public Broadcasting Service
Public Broadcasting Service BroadcastingConsumer Services Public Broadcasting Service provides public broadcasting television services. They provide Television programming and related services to 356 noncommercial stations serving all 50 states, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and American Samoa. It offers oversees program acquisition and provides program distribution and promotion, education services, new media ventures, fundraising support, engineering and technology development and video marketing services. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA. | Consumer Services |
International Council of Shopping Centers, Inc.
 International Council of Shopping Centers, Inc. Real Estate Investment TrustsFinance International Council of Shopping Centers, Inc. serves the global retail real estate industry. Its programs include webinars, global awards program, exhibit, sponsorship and advertising, opportunities. The company was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Finance |
Teach For America, Inc.
 Teach For America, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Teach For America, Inc. provides teachers and educational services to communities. It operates as corps of recent college graduates and professionals of various academic majors and career interests. The company?s corps members commit to teach in urban and rural public schools. The firm also offers early childhood education, math and science, and teach for all initiatives to address needs in education. Teach For America was founded by Wendy Kopp in 1990 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
The New America Foundation
 The New America Foundation Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The New America Foundation engages in public policy issues, including technology, education, national security, political reform, and economics. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Commercial Services |
The Committee of 200
 The Committee of 200 Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Committee of 200 operates as a membership organization for women entrepreneurs and corporate innovators. | Commercial Services |
| Simon Youth Foundation | |
| University of Georgia Foundation | Commercial Services |
Beyond Housing, Inc.
Beyond Housing, Inc. Hotels/Resorts/Cruise linesConsumer Services Beyond Housing, Inc. is a private company based in St. Louis, MO. The CEO of the company is Christopher Krehmeyer. | Consumer Services |
DonorsChoose.org
 DonorsChoose.org Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services DonorsChoose.org provides public education by engaging citizens in an online marketplace where teachers describe and individuals can fund specific student projects. The firm offers the clients with access to an online collection of information, materials and services related to DC and its work, including text, pictures, photographs, audio and video, graphics, logos, marks and images, as well as software used in accessing the sites, displaying the content, and utilizing the functionality offered through the sites. The company was founded by Charles Best in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
| St. Louis Regional Educational & Public Television Commission | |
| ReadyNation, Inc. | |
| Kipp St Louis | |
| St. Louis Regional Public Media, Inc. | |
Prosper Women Entrepreneurs
Prosper Women Entrepreneurs Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Prosper Women Entrepreneurs operates as an advocacy company for the woman entrepreneurs. It is comprised of two separate divisions: Prosper Institute, a non-profit organization that helps growth-seeking women entrepreneurs advance their businesses to create economic prosperity, and the Prosper Women Entrepreneurs Startup Accelerator, a for-profit organization focused on increasing women entrepreneurs' access to growth capital and the number of women investing in early stage capital markets. The company was founded by Mary Jo Gorman, Maxine Clark, Peter Finley, Carol Matthews, Hal Gentry, and Jennifer Ehlen in 2012 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO. | Commercial Services |
| PBS Foundation | Miscellaneous |
| Clark-Fox Family Foundation | |
Prosper Capital LLC /Missouri/
 Prosper Capital LLC /Missouri/ Investment ManagersFinance Prosper Capital LLC /Missouri/ (Prosper Capital) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Prosper Women Entrepreneurs founded in 2014 by Jennifer Ehlen. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. | Finance |
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