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Oldest CEO Draws Fans to Denver

April 27, 2007 6:00 AM ET

Heard on Morning Edition

NANCY GREENLEESE

The man believed to be the country's oldest chief executive officer of a company is 106.

Jack Weil goes to work every day at Rockmount Ranch Wear, the western clothing apparel company he founded in 1946. Customers flock to the store's headquarters in Denver for more than just rodeo wear. They want to spend time with the man called "Papa Jack."

From member station KUNC in Greeley, Colo., Nancy Greenleese reports