Yaron Goldman is the CEO of Southern Deli Holdings, a franchise group of McAlister’s Deli that owns and oversees the operations of 39 store locations across four states with more than 1,200 employees. Goldman started his McAlister’s Deli career in 1996 as an hourly employee before opening his first franchise location in 1999 in Charlotte, N.C. He earned his Bachelor’s of Science at the University of Alabama and his MBA from the University of North Carolina Charlotte.
In his late 20s, Glen Johnson fell in love with the Tropical Smoothie Cafe brand. He moved quickly, and in just a handful of years expanded to 26 Tropical Smoothie locations.