Bob Kierlin, the founder of Fastenal, has died at 85. Kierlin served as Fastenal’s CEO from 1968 to 2002 and was on its board ...

Bob Kierlin, the founder of Fastenal, has died at 85. Kierlin served as Fastenal’s CEO from 1968 to 2002 and was on its board ...

Bob Kierlin, the founder of Fastenal, has died at 85. Kierlin served as Fastenal’s CEO from 1968 to 2002 and was on its board of directors until 2014. Kierlin, a Winona Cotter graduate, also ...

WINONA, Minn. (WKBT) -- Former Minnesota State Senator and Fastenal founder Bob Kierlin died at the age of 85 on Monday. Kierlin was born in Winona and attended the University of Minnesota.

Throughout his life, Bob Kierlin made a long-lasting impact on his hometown of Winona. Fastenal founder Bob Kierlin is pictured in February 2018.

Born in 1939 in Winona, Kierlin grew up in a modest, German-Polish Catholic household and loved riding his bike around town ...