Episode Details

Ali Hemyari sits down with Greg Sachs — deputy sheriff, hedge fund manager, aviator and entrepreneur — to trace his path from quantitative bond trading to building the Tennessean Travel Stop and partnering with Dolly Parton. Greg recounts market crises, business pivots, and the values that guided him.

He also discusses philanthropy, law enforcement work, lessons in resilience and failure, and how persistence, integrity and community focus shaped his many reinventions.