Felix Shoe Repair

If business owners charged for honesty and generosity of spirit, Christos Soillis — the owner of Harvard Square’s Felix Shoe Repair at 1304 Massachusetts Ave. — would be on par with Elon Musk as a wealthy man.

“I have money in my pocket. I own my home,” he said. “That’s all I need.”

Soillis, 87, has been cobble-ing locally for almost 60 years, starting as an assistant in the shop’s basement in 1963. The square was bustling then with young men in coats, ties, pressed button-downs, and fedoras, the uniform of Harvard’s then all-male student body.