Elmer Louis Winter (March 6, 1912 – October 22, 2009) was an American lawyer who co-founded the Manpower Inc. temporary employment agency in 1948, after his law firm encountered difficulties hiring secretarial assistance in an emergency.
Winter was born on March 6, 1912, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where his immigrant father owned a clothing store.
[1] Despite the fact that almost all of their initial temps were women, they chose the name Manpower at the suggestion of a friend.
[1] They rented a Milwaukee storefront, offering bookkeepers, stenographers and typists to businesses as a sideline venture from their law firm.
He regularly drove into the office until three weeks before his death, where a sign on his desk read "Hang in there, Elmer".