Isaac M. Singer was a struggling actor with an estranged wife, a girlfriend, and 10 kids between the two of them. But his knack for invention helped him launch America's first multi-national business, the Singer Sewing Machine Company. But he couldn't keep his stitches in his britches and eventually he fathered 26 children from 4 different women. His lifestyle needled his business partner & nearly unraveled the entire company! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.