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Julie Charlestein

CEO of Premier Dental; fourth generation and the first woman to lead it

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Episode 33 · 38 min

The First Woman & 4th Generation Charlestein to Lead Premier Dental

Julie Charlestein is the first woman and fourth generation to lead Premier Dental. Her grandfather's sayings still guide it: the dollar is round.

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The Business Family Diagnostic · Story

The dollar is round.

Julie's grandfather left sayings short enough to repeat in a meeting, and the company still uses them. Could the next generation in your family tell the story of how its wealth was made?

One of the three Story statements. How true is it for your family?
“The founding story and its lessons are recorded somewhere beyond people's memories.”
See where you stand

Biography

Julie Charlestein is a fourth-generation CEO and president of Premier Dental, a global dental development and manufacturing company serving the worldwide oral health professional market since 1913.

Julie is the first woman and the fourth generation of the Charlestein family to lead the company. Since accepting the position as CEO, Julie has implemented changes to adapt to the times, and advanced its product line to advance Premier’s market impact.

The Charlestein family have adopted an interesting ownership and control structure for Premier which Julie has kindly agreed to discuss with us today.

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