Business: Personal File: Aug. 18, 1961

»"They say that people like me—people with drive and ambition —that we'll never quit. Bunk. I'm getting out. I'm tired of supporting lawyers and tax collectors." With that, Charles Rolley, 58, stepped down last week as president of Reno's Rolley Co., the nation's biggest maker of suntan lotion (its dollar-green Sea and Ski grosses some $12 million a year). A kinetic promoter, Rolley moved into lotions in 1947 on borrowed money, sold out to Botany Industries, Inc., for $2,000,000 in 1955, stayed on as boss. Now rich and seeking relaxation, Rolley has turned over the presidency to his assistant, Bill Randall,...

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