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Chief Financial Officer Michael J. Hunter

What the 1930s can teach us about the world we are in now.


In this video, Chief Financial Officer Michael J. Hunter talks about how Wilbur-Ellis managed through the Great Depression in the 1930s, finding opportunity amid the hardship. The 1930s was also when the company acquired Connell, a key part of our business today.


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