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Fitz Schultze
Stanley Schultze & Co.
849 South Six St.
Louisville, KY 40203 (502) 585-4256
stanleyschultze.com
At 21 years old, Fitz Schultze received a phone call that most could not imagine during their last semester of college. His father had passed away and left behind Stanley Schultze & Co., a family-owned and operated business he had managed for 30 years. Without hesitation, Schultze packed up his '94 Defender and headed home from the College of Charleston.
"I knew where I belonged. I headed home immediately and never went back. It wasn't easy. It was the last semester, and I had a girlfriend in Charleston. I went right to work at the shop and lived at home with my mom," Schultze said while reflecting on that moment 10 years ago. Stanley Schultze & Co. was founded in 1941 by...