Billionaire Raising Cane's Founder Todd Graves Used Chicken Tenders To Become America's Richest Restaurateur

business • 9/24/2025

No one would finance Todd Graves’ idea for a restaurant serving only chicken fingers. So he worked as a boilermaker and salmon fisher to fund it himself. Now Raising Cane’s is one of America’s hottest fast-food chains and Graves is the country’s richest restaurateur, worth $22 billion.

No one would finance Todd Graves’ idea for a restaurant serving only chicken fingers. So he worked as a boilermaker and salmon fisher to fund it himself. Now Raising Cane’s is one of America’s hottest fast-food chains and Graves is the country’s rich... [19370 chars]