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  • My Father's Business

  • The Small-Town Values That Built Dollar General into a Billion-Dollar Company
  • Written by: Cal Turner Jr., Rob Simbeck
  • Narrated by: Cal Turner Jr.
  • Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (5 ratings)

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My Father's Business

Written by: Cal Turner Jr., Rob Simbeck
Narrated by: Cal Turner Jr.
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Publisher's Summary

"This classic story told through the eyes of my friend Cal Jr. is instructive in almost every area of life. I simply could not put it down. Must-read!" (Dave Ramsey, best-selling author and nationally syndicated radio show host)

The first-person account of the family that changed the American retail landscape.

Longtime Dollar General CEO Cal Turner, Jr. shares his extraordinary life as heir to the company founded by his father Cal Turner, Sr. and his grandfather, a dirt farmer turned Depression-era entrepreneur. Cal's narrative is at its heart a father-son story, from his childhood in Scottsville, Kentucky, where business and family were one, to the triumph of reaching the Fortune 300 - at the cost of risking that very father/son relationship. Cal shares how the small-town values with which he was raised helped him guide Dollar General from family enterprise to national powerhouse.

Chronicling three generations of a successful family with very different leadership styles, Cal Jr. shares a wealth of wisdom from a lifetime on the entrepreneurial front lines. He shows how his grandfather turned a third-grade education into an asset for success. He reveals how his driven father hatched the game-changing dollar price point strategy and why it worked. And he explains how he found his own leadership style when he took his place at the helm - values-based, people-oriented, and pragmatic.

Cal's story provides a riveting look at the family love and drama behind Dollar General's spectacular rise, pays homage to the working-class people whose no-frills needs helped determine its rock-bottom prices, and shares the life and lessons of one of America's most compelling business leaders.

©2018 Cal Turner and Rob Simbeck (P)2018 Hachette Audio

What the critics say

"A revealing and colorful book...Cal Jr.'s openness about the trials and tribulations both within the family and the company itself, as well as his personal reflection in retirement, is something we can all learn from and is sure to help us be more honest in our own self-assessments." (Senator Bob Corker)

"My Father's Business is the story of what it took to build Dollar General into a national retail chain from its rural, Kentucky roots and will encourage anyone with a dream of building a business." (Doug McMillon, president and CEO, Walmart)

"The story of Dollar General is an example of what makes our country so great." (George Roberts, co-founder and co-chair, KKR)

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