The Kresge Foundation known as The Detroit Future City plan. Since July 1, 2006, the foundation has been led by Rip Rapson, formerly of the McKnight Foundation. He succeeded John Marshall III as president and CEO. In 1924, with an initial gift of $1.6 million, Sebastian Kresge established The Kresge Foundation in Detroit. Twelve years earlier, he and partner John G. McCrory opened the first 5-and-10-cent store, and parlayed the concept and operations into a chain of stores that were incorporated as the S.S. Kresge Company. Many years later the enterprise became known as Kmart. The foundation and the stores are not affiliated.
Discount Investment Corporation Discount Investment Corporation Discount Investment Corporation Ltd. (“DIC”) () is a holding company based in Israel. The company is listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the TA-100 Index. The company’s is controlled by IDB Holding Corporation Ltd. () Discount Investment Corporation was founded in 1961 as an investment vehicle of the Recanati family, which at the time were owners of the Israel Discount Bank; itself founded by the family in the 1930s after emigrating from Greece during the British Mandate of Palestine. The family business were controlled by umbrella company IDB Holding Corporation (IDB