Uncle Nearest: The Whiskey Making History
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The Motley Fool
4.7 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2020
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
You’ve heard of Jack Daniel’s, but have you heard of his mentor Uncle Nearest? CEO Fawn Weaver shares the true-life story behind an iconic American brand, and how she and her team are making history with the fastest-growing whiskey in the U.S.
To learn more about this company go to www.unclenearest.com.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Wednesday, August 5th. |
| 0:04.0 | Welcome to Market Fullery. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Chris Hill. |
| 0:06.0 | Thanks for listening. |
| 0:07.0 | Let me start with a quick programming note. |
| 0:09.0 | It is a short week here at Market Fullery, as I said on Monday, I'm actually away this week, so this is going to be the last episode for this week. |
| 0:17.0 | And if you're thinking, hey, what am I supposed to do on Thursday? |
| 0:20.0 | What about industry focus? What about Rule Breaker investinging with David Garner? |
| 0:25.0 | What about Motley Fool answers closing in on its 300th episode of all time? |
| 0:30.0 | By all means, if you haven't already, check out some of the other podcasts from the Motley Fool. |
| 0:36.1 | With that out of the way, let me talk about today's episode. |
| 0:39.5 | And I'll start here. |
| 0:41.4 | You don't have to be a whiskey drinker to know the name Jack Daniels. You don't even |
| 0:45.5 | need to be someone who drinks alcohol of any kind to know the name Jack Daniels. It's an iconic |
| 0:51.6 | American brand. |
| 0:53.0 | And the history of that brand has been, in my mind, enriched because of the relatively recent discovery of a man known as Uncle Nearest. |
| 1:04.0 | The story is much better told by Fawn Weaver. |
| 1:06.7 | She is an investor, an entrepreneur. |
| 1:09.2 | She's written a couple of best-selling books |
| 1:11.0 | about having a happy marriage, and when she saw a news story about Uncle Nearest, |
| 1:16.1 | it set her on a path to her current job as CEO of the fastest growing whiskey company in America. |
| 1:23.0 | I got the chance to talk with her a couple of weeks ago. |
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