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LESSONS FROM A LIFETIME OF TRANSFORMATIONS

Stay rigid in vision, but flexible in execution.

Ron Shaich, founder and former CEO of Panera Bread, shares the lessons he learned from a lifetime of asking what really matters and then making the transformations necessary to bring what really matters to life.

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RON SHAICH

Ron Shaich 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, Tatte, Life Alive, and Level99. Shaich makes his investments through Act III Holdings, a $1 billion+ evergreen investment vehicle. 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.


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 Nation's Restaurant News Pioneer Award as one of the most significant contributors in the history of the restaurant industry, joining the ranks of Colonel Harland Sanders, Ray Kroc, Norman Brinker, and J. Willard Marriott.

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The GaryVee Audio Experience  Ron's Pick 

20+ Years of Business Experience In 1 Hour with Rob Gronkowski, Ron Shaich, Noah Tepperberg

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Masters of Scale  Ron's Pick

Trendspotting with Ron Shaich: Panera, Cava and Beyond

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CNBC, Money Movers

Panera founder: Consumer is ‘skittish’ but they’ll spend on things they really want

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Yahoo! Finance   Ron's Pick

Panera Bread founder Ron Shaich: Trailblazing his way through fast casual

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Cava has the potential to be an industry-dominant vehicle, says Panera Bread Group founder

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Ron Shaich takes Life Alive and Level99 concepts out of state for first time in 2024

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CNBC, Mad Money  Ron's Pick
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Ron Visits with Jim Cramer on Book Release Date

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