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Podcast: How Leaders Lead with David Novak
Episode: #12: Larry Merlo, CVS Health CEO—Craft a Simple and Compelling Vision
Description: Today’s guest is Larry Merlo, CEO of CVS Health.When Larry took the helm at CVS in 2011, they were doing about 100 billion dollars in revenue. That’s a lot of money. But guess what? Now they’re doing almost 250 billion in revenue. It’s a remarkable amount of growth.But it’s not the most remarkable thing Larry has done. He also made the bold decision to remove tobacco products from CVS stores – even though they accounted for two billion dollars of revenue.The story is...