I'm the CEO of Cava. I'm obsessively punctual and still work shifts in our restaurants — here's a day in my life.
Source: Business Insider ·
Brett Schulman, the CEO of Cava, describes a day in his life, from early workouts to balancing work and family with efficient time management.
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Brett Schulman and his wife.CavaThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Brett Schulman, the 54-year-old cofounder and CEO of Cava, based in Washington, DC. It's been edited for length and clarity.I worked in restaurants when I was younger and waited tables in college to help pay for it. I thought I wanted to go into the legal profession and interned at a law firm in college, only to realize I did not want to do that.I worked in corporate finance for about a decade, and then realized I wanted to do something more entrepreneurial. That manifested as helping my wife build a natural snack food company called Snikiddy. I helped her with the company's operations and logistics. We left our careers and didn't take a salary for two years, bootstrapping and building it.In 2009, a friend from college reached out and asked if I'd speak with her cousin, Ted Xenohristos, who ran a restaurant called Cava Mezze and had partnered with a customer to sell some of the dips and spreads. Ted…
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