Ron Shaich
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Ron Shaich

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Ron Shaich is the founder and former Chairman & CEO of Panera Bread and Au Bon Pain and is today the Chairman and lead investor in Cava, Tatte, Life Alive and Level99. Shaich makes his investments through Act III Holdings, a one billion-dollar-plus evergreen investment vehicle of which he is the CEO and Managing Partner. 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-dollar-plus fast casual segment and is known for continually disrupting industry paradigms to find new ways to build companies of value and with values. Shaich has twice been recognized as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, was selected as the 2018 Restaurant Leader of the Year and was presented the prestigious NRN Pioneer award as one of the most significant contributors in the history of the restaurant industry, joining the ranks of Col. Harland Sanders, Ray Kroc, Norman Brinker and J. Willard Marriott.
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