Bealls CEO tackles new role: Podcast host

Matt Beall, CEO and chairman of the board at Bradenton-based retailer Bealls Inc., recently launched two podcasts where he is the host.

One podcast, "Limitless," explores a wide variety of topics that are of personal interest to Beall, according to a statement. The other, "Legacy," focuses on a range of professional topics centered around the Beall family business. 

Matt Beall is the fourth generation of his family to oversee the business, which had $1.87 billion in revenue in 2022. The company goes back to 1915, when R.M. Beall opened a small-town five-and-dime in Bradenton with, according to the company’s website, “one single purpose: outfitting families for less.” R.M. Beall’s son, E.R. Beall, joined the business in 1940. And the third generation, Robert “Bob” Beall II, led the company as president from 1980 through 2006.