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Teaching the auto retail titans

Retailer Mack McLarty, near left, with mentor George H.W. Bush and the former president's national security adviser, Brent Scowcroft, right. McLarty says Bush taught him the power of building relationships to achieve goals.
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By:
Jamie LaReau
May 26, 2018 05:00 AM

As many of today's auto-retail titans mentor the next generation of leaders, they recall the guidance they once received from likely — and not-so-likely — sources.

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