英文互译镜像站

Todd Graves (entrepreneur)

Last updated

Todd Graves
RestaurantRecoverywithToddGravesLasVegasEpisode.jpg
Todd Graves at Eat Las Vegas
Born
Todd Bartlett Graves

1972 (age 53–54)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Education University of Georgia (BA)
OccupationsBusinessman, restaurateur
OfficeCo-founder and CEO of Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers [1]
SpouseGwen Drain Graves
Children2

Todd Bartlett Graves (born 1972) is an American businessman and co-founder [1] of Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, a fast food restaurant specializing in fried chicken finger meals.

Contents

As of January 2026, Forbes estimated his net worth is at $22 billion, making him the 111th wealthiest person in the world. He ranked #46 on the 2025 Forbes 400 List of richest Americans. [2]

Early life

Graves was born in New Orleans and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Graves graduated from Episcopal School of Baton Rouge. [3] He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia. [2]

Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers

Graves and long-time friend Craig Silvey used Silvey's business plan course at LSU to create their business plan. [1]

Graves opened Raising Cane's near the North Gates of Louisiana State University on Highland Road in 1996. [1] As of 2025, the company has nearly 1000 restaurants in the U.S. [4] [5]

The restaurants are named after Raising Cane I, Graves' dog at the time of founding the first restaurant. They are headquartered in Baton Rouge. [1]

Personal life

In 2000, Graves married Gwen Drain, a McDonald's franchisee, whom he had known since high school. [6] [7] They have two daughters and reside in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with their yellow Labrador, Raising Cane III. [8]

Collections

An avid collector, Graves has loaned a 66-million-year-old triceratops skull to the Louisiana Arts and Science Museum. [9] He has also loaned the hearse that carried Martin Luther King Jr. to exhibits across the country. [10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Sayre, Alan (June 12, 2007). "Finger joint beat the odds on fish turf". Atlanta Constitution. pp. D3. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Forbes profile: Todd Graves". Forbes. Retrieved January 10, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Episcopal School of Baton Rouge holds groundbreaking for field house". June 27, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Todd Graves". Forbes . Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  5. ↑ Airgood, Bryce. "Raising Cane's in downtown East Lansing is on the way. Here's where the project stands". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
  6. ↑ KASHYAP, HANIKA (October 18, 2024). "Who is Todd Graves' wife? 'Shark Tank' guest judge's love story is the sweetest". Meaww.com. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
  7. ↑ "The Key Magazine Fall 2008 Page 45". thekey.kappa.org. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Dog Days of Summer: Our tails are wagging for Todd Graves' new shelter pup and the entrants of this year's contest". July 3, 2022.
  9. ↑ Miller, Robin (February 29, 2016). "There's a 66 million-year-old triceratops in Baton Rouge". The Advocate.
  10. ↑ Miller, Robin (January 14, 2019). "Hearse that carried the body of Martin Luther King Jr. comes to Baton Rouge". The Advocate.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
开源整站镜像工具 YES镜站站群引擎 关键词转码站群 YES镜站站群引擎 YES镜站站群引擎