Hey, everybody, it's Kai Rizdahl.

Thanks for listening to this episode of the Corner Office podcast.

Today, I'm talking to Ed Stack.

He's the CEO of Dick's Sporting Goods, the country's biggest sports retailer.

You can get anything from outdoor wear to actual sports gear, fishing, baseball, you name it. The company is, in fact, a family

business. Ed Stack took it over from his father, Dick, in 1984, when it was just two stores

located in upstate New York. Since then, it's grown to more than 700 stores across the country. And more

recently, though, Dix has been front and center in the national conversation about gun sales.

The company started cutting back on its gun business after the Parkland shootings and has gone

on to eliminate firearm sales completely at several dozen stores that they have. All of that,

from taking over the family business to the public stance

on gun sales, is the subject of Stack's new book. It's called It's How We Play the Game,

build a business, take a stand, make a difference. It is a great read, by the way. I'll tell you,

it's also the occasion for this interview. So here you go. Ed Stack from Dick's sporting goods.

We're expecting you. Don't you ever see?

Ready to go to work?

Ed Stack, welcome to the program.

Thanks. Nice to be here.

You have worked for this company that you now run for a very, very long time, yeah?

That's a nice way to put it. It has been a really long time.

I mean, you were like six when your dad started you on weekends or something, right?

And then you started actually doing work, like when you're like 15 or something.

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