Ronald M. Shaich

Ron Shaich built Panera Bread into a $7.8 billion company, but that’s not the interesting part.

What’s interesting is how he did it.

• He sold off every other business, including Au Bon Pain, to bet everything on one idea: that people wanted real food and a comfortable place to gather. https://x.com/farnamstreet/status/1988259516803166657