Rank #3382
Zach McLeroy
Net worth $1.0B
Fast food · United States
- Born
- Aug 01, 1962
- Age
- 63
- Source
- Fast food
- Residence
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Divorced
- Children
- 0
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Zach McLeroy founded the chicken chain Zaxby's with Tony Townley, his best friend since the seventh grade.
- Townley and McLeroy each put up $8,000 to open the first Zaxby's restaurant in Statesboro, Georgia in 1990.
- In 2020, McLeroy sold 20% of his stake to Goldman Sachs for an estimated $400 million; he still owns 30% of the business.
- Townley sold his entire stake in the business to Goldman Sachs at the same time.
- McLeroy served as CEO of Zaxby's until 2022; he remains chairman of the board of directors.