Robert D. Walter Cardinal Health is built in the most valuable company in the help of the American health care industry and the world's largest distributor of health care products. With revenues of $ 81 billion in 2006, he was ranked number 19 on the Fortune 500, and owns a third of drug distribution business, but most people have never heard of Cardinal Health. The case starts in 1979 with the purchase of Walter Monarch food, wholesale food distribution company, which he built into a strong regional food wholesaler, Cardinal Foods, in subsequent decades. Through a series of acquisitions, the company Walter applied in the pharmaceutical distribution industry. The result was the appearance of Cardinal Health, Inc Cardinal was one of the few large companies in the U.S. that have been achieved earnings per share growth of more than 20 percent in 15 years. However, by 2007, Wall Street was the question whether Cardinal Health can continue to grow in this remarkable speed through acquisitions. This is a common question, combined with questionable "stock split" accounting practices of wholesalers, including one of its suppliers, has been weighing down the stock price of Cardinal, despite their continued revenue growth. Cardinal Health, M & A juggernaut, got hit earnings speed. As expected, Walter retired, he was faced with reinventing the company for the last time.
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