Word: walgreen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Along the way, the chairman has shown a refreshing tendency to get out of any business that was unsuccessful-or that merely seemed ripe for sale at a profitable price. Dart started out as a drugstore clerk and rose to become general manager of the Walgreen drug chain in nine years; then he moved on through other executive posts in the drug business and wound up as chairman of the Rexall drug chain, which he turned into the foundation of Dart Industries. That did not prevent him from selling off the Rexall stores piecemeal, until today there are only...