John Furner

The Forward

Lance Armstrong

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4.5 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2018

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

John Furner is the CEO of Sam's Club. He started at Walmart as a 19-year-old intern and has worked his way to the most senior position. He was in Austin to talk about riding the TEXAS HŪNDRED, his passion for cycling and Guns N' Roses. John also shared his mother's cancer experience.

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0:00.0	All right, welcome back to the Forward Podcast.
0:02.8	I know, I know.
0:03.8	We've been gone for a minute.
0:06.1	I don't know what happened.
0:07.1	Well, I do know what happened.
0:08.1	It's been a crazy couple of weeks as some of y'all regular listeners or fans or people that just read the paper have seen.
0:15.0	And we've talked about, I guess I can go back and talk about it.
0:19.0	We've talked about it before on this show.
0:21.0	The USPS case that was due to go to trial here any day finally and eventually got settled.
0:28.9	So there won't be a trial and I get the gift of May back. So just been a little bit crazy. But anyways,
0:36.6	thanks for hanging in there. Thanks for tune in today. My guest John
0:39.0	Ferner, the CEO of Sam's Club. Interesting Guy.
0:43.0	Loves to ride bikes, loves to play the guitar.
0:47.0	Has been a lifelong employee of Walmart.
0:50.0	In fact, as almost an entire family has.
0:53.0	But a very sweet, thoughtful guy who talks about leadership,
0:56.3	talks about how he first,
0:59.1	you know, got his first pick start at Sam's Club
1:01.0	and their plans for the future.
1:02.2	And then of course we talk about
1:03.1	bikes talk about cycling not just around the world but specifically in northwest
1:09.1	Arkansas which is really booming at the moment so check it out I think you'll enjoy it.
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