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Oct 2023
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1033: Steven Salm Founder & CEO of PLANT...

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Steven Salm is the Founder and CEO of PLANTA. Steven Salm started in the restaurant industry at the age of 18 and he fully embraced the ideas of making people happy and providing off of that. He opened his first restaurant in 2013 at the age of 28 in Toronto, that being The Chase. In 2016, he open his second restaurant, PLANTA, after becoming a devout vegan. Today, there are 13 going on 14 PLANTA locations.

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Calls to ACTION!!!

Favorite success quote/mantra:

  • "Fortune favors the bold."

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