Rank #123
Todd Graves
Net worth $22.0B
Fast food · United States
- Born
- Feb 20, 1972
- Age
- 54
- Source
- Fast food
- Residence
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, The University Of Georgia
Net worth over time
Biography
- Todd Graves founded fried chicken finger fast-food chain Raising Cane's.
- Graves came up with the concept for a restaurant serving only chicken finger meals while in college.
- A professor gave his idea the lowest grade in the class and he couldn't get bank financing, so he worked as a boilermaker and salmon fisherman to save up cash.
- He launched Raising Cane's in 1996, using his savings and an SBA loan.
- It's now a fast-growing, $5.1 billion (sales) business serving chicken tenders across some 900 locations in 42 states.
- Graves named his business after his yellow lab, Raising Cane.