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Sam Walton's Decision to Remove Ron Mayer From Walmart

Walmart CEO Ron Mayer and another top Walmart executive fell into a feud. Sam Walton felt the only way to defuse the tension was for him to unretire himself and resume his CEO duties. To do that Sam would have to remove the very man He had brought in to take the company to the next level. It was a difficult decision But Sam knew it was the right one So in the summer of 1976 Sam Walton set out to confront Ron Mayer and take back his old job by force if necessary From wondering this is episode one of Sam Walton building a Walmart world for business groups on the next episode.

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