#133 Billionaire
Todd Graves
$17.2B
US
· Age 54
Source of wealth: Fast food
Industry: food-beverage
Residence: Baton Rouge
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"bio": [
"Todd Graves is founder and CEO of fried chicken 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 fisher 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 fingers across some 900 locations in 42 states."
],
"about": [
"Graves named his business after his yellow lab, Raising Cane."
]
}
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