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Todd Graves | |
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![]() Graves and his dog, Raising Cane II | |
Born | Todd Bartlett Graves 1972 (age 52–53) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
Education | University of Georgia (BA) |
Occupation(s) | Businessman, restaurateur |
Office | Co-founder and CEO of Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers [1] |
Spouse | Gwen Drain Graves |
Children | 2 |
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.
As of April 2025, Forbes estimated his net worth is at $17.2 billion, making him the 116th wealthiest person in the world. He ranked #107 on the 2024 Forbes 400 List of richest Americans. [2]
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]
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] By 2022, the company expanded to more than 600 restaurants in the U.S. and the Middle East. [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]
In 2000, Graves married Gwen Drain, a McDonald's franchisee, who 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]
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]