GoKawiilBiography details how Charles Tandy built Tandy Corporation into a retail empire
A historical profile recounts the life of Charles David Tandy, who led Tandy Corporation as chairman, president and CEO from its leathercraft roots to overseeing chains including Radio Shack, Tandy Leather and Pier 1 Imports. Born in 1918 in Brownsville, Texas, he began selling leather scraps as a child, served six years in the Navy, and later expanded his family's leather business into a national mail-order operation called Tandycraft after the war.