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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 November 2024, Forbes estimated his net worth is at $9.5 billion, making him the 274th wealthiest person in the world. He ranked #107 on the 2024 Forbes 400 List of richest Americans.[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]
Personal life
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]
Collections
Todd Graves at the Raising Cane's Dog Park in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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]
