Q&A: Robert Grimmett of boutique office and art supplier Robert Mason Co.

Q&A: Robert Grimmett of boutique office and art supplier Robert Mason Co.

By Jesse Tigges

Robert Grimmett has been a successful businessman since before he could get into a PG-13 movie. At 12, he began offering graphic design services and selling office supplies in his hometown of Ravenswood, West Virginia. By the time he was 16, his business opened its first retail store, and Grimmett hired his parents to run it. Eventually he sold that store to his parents and headed off to the Art Institute of Chicago.

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