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Business Movers
Wondery
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2022
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
In the early-20th Century, George Remus works his way from successful pharmacist to one of the most famous lawyers in Chicago. But greed, love, and Prohibition soon turn George’s sights to bootlegging, leading him into a world of opulence and violence.
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| 0:00.0 | To listen to business movers one week early and add free, join Wondry Plus in the Wondry app. |
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| 0:11.0 | It's 1896 after hours in a small drug store in Chicago, Illinois. |
| 0:31.0 | George Remus, a 20-year-old German immigrant, bounds into his uncle's pharmacy, |
| 0:36.0 | and wins his way through the stock shelves toward the back of the store. |
| 0:40.0 | George will one day run a business empire that will stretch halfway across the country. |
| 0:45.0 | He will be considered one of the most powerful men in America. |
| 0:48.0 | But today, he's just a pharmacist. |
| 0:51.0 | Still, George has an idea that will help launch the next phase of his career. |
| 0:55.0 | He wants to buy his uncle's drug store. |
| 0:58.0 | Uncle! Uncle! I want to talk to you! |
| 1:01.0 | George's uncle emerges from behind the counter. |
| 1:03.0 | It was something on fire, George. Why are you yelling? |
| 1:06.0 | I had an idea today. I want to talk to you about it. |
| 1:09.0 | I want to buy your store from you. |
| 1:11.0 | George's request is laughable. |
| 1:13.0 | He has no experience running a pharmacy or any business for that matter. |
| 1:17.0 | He's only worked as a pharmacist at his uncle's store for a year. |
| 1:21.0 | Still, George's uncle respects him. |
| 1:23.0 | He knows George is a determined young man, and he's wise beyond his years. |
| 1:28.0 | So he doesn't laugh. |
| 1:29.0 | Well, all right, George. |
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