OUR TEAM
RON SHAICH
CEO and Managing PARTNEr
Ron is the founder and former Chairman and CEO of Panera Bread and of Au Bon Pain and is the current Chairman and lead investor in Cava (NYSE: CAVA), Tatte, Life Alive, and Level99. In Shaich's last two decades as CEO, Panera generated annualized shareholder returns of 25 percent and was the best performing stock in the restaurant industry. Shaich is often credited with defining the $300 billion+ fast casual segment and is known for continually disrupting industry paradigms to find new ways to build companies of value and with values. Ron is the author of Know What Matters, a Porchlight, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller.
