Worked at 5-and-10 in high school. Started arts and crafts retail chain Hobby Lobby with $600 loan. Projected 2008 sales: $1.9 billion. Poor preacher's son big supporter of Christian foundations, causes. Hobby Lobby closed Sundays. Has delivered over 350 million copies of Gospel to children in 100 countries through Book of Hope ministry. Son, Mart, founded Christian education, office supply chain Mardel.