From Corner Drugstore to Private Turnaround

Walgreens has been around for 125 years, but the company a candidate is interviewing at in 2026 is radically different from the one most Americans remember. This module walks through the arc from Charles Walgreen's 1901 Chicago pharmacy to the August 2025 Sycamore Partners take-private, so candidates can speak credibly about where Walgreens has been and why the turnaround matters for the job they're applying to.