Shams (Sam) Charania
Operating Partner — Dunkin' & CML Lead
Runs approximately 20 Dunkin' locations and serves as one of the leads on the $15M Coffee Café Bakery (CML) manufacturing facility. Joined the network as an hourly employee more than a decade ago and worked his way up to operating partner.
Under his company, ZSC Enterprises, Sam operates close to 20 Dunkins with Mr. Chunara and has the responsibility of overseeing Mr. Chunara's largest single unit investment - a Dunkin Bakery Operation that supplies donuts to over 100 Dunkins in the Atlanta market. Sam also owns a few pieces of real estate with Mr. Chunara. Before getting here, he worked as an hourly employee at one of Mr. Chunara's first Popeyes restaurants over 10 years ago. He pushed Mr. Chunara to get into the Dunkin system in 2007 while getting his degree from GA Tech around the same time. Sam is known for operating some of the best and cleanest restaurants and assembling one of the strongest teams under him!