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Jim Keyes - Former CEO Of 7-Eleven & Blockbuster On Fear, Critical Thinking, & Education Is Freedom

EPISODE · Dec 16, 2024 · 48 MIN

Jim Keyes - Former CEO Of 7-Eleven & Blockbuster On Fear, Critical Thinking, & Education Is Freedom

from Building Excellence · host Bailey Miles

#192: Jim Keyes is the former CEO of 7-Eleven, Inc, and Blockbuster, Inc. which are two internationally recognized Fortune 500 companies. He is a global business leader, philanthropist, educator, artist, musician, commercial pilot, and modern renaissance man. His other business interests cover a broad range of industries including retail, consumer products, technology, new space, energy, and advanced nuclear. He sits on several public company boards and serves as a board adviser to a venture capital firm and a number of start-up companies. Keyes’ philanthropic initiatives, have an equally broad focus, including serving on the Board of Governors for the American Red Cross, the former Chairman of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and serving on the board of directors for institutions such as UT Southwestern Medical School, The Cooper Institute, Dallas Performing Arts Center, SMU Cox School of Business, Columbia Business School, and his alma mater, College of the Holy Cross. He has had a lifelong commitment to education, serving as a founding director of the Dallas Education Foundation and is the founder of the Education is Freedom Foundation. A personification of the American Dream, Keyes came from his humble beginnings and was inducted in 2005 as a member of the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans. In 2024 he received the Robert S. Folsom Leadership Award, presented by Methodist Health System Foundation to recognize demonstrated community leadership. Jim recently released his new book Education is Freedom, which can be found on Amazon and the links below. For more info on Jim check out jameswkeyes.com Enjoy the show! Book:https://www.amazon.com/Education-Freedom-Future-Your-Hands/dp/B0CH6X6BVB 

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