Todd Graves named Raising Cane's after his yellow labrador retriever.Joey Bordelon/Raising Cane'sTodd Graves opened the first Raising Cane's in Louisiana on August 28, 1996.It was based on a business plan for a chicken-fingers chain he'd worked on out of college.Graves is worth an estimated $9.5 billion, per Forbes, and is the wealthiest resident in Louisiana.In the mid-1990s, Todd Graves and his friend, Craig Silvey, wrote a business plan for a fast-food restaurant that sold only fried chicken tenders.
Comment on How the Raising Cane's founder, Todd Graves, turned a lousy college grade into a billion-dollar fast-food business
nluna@insider.com (Nancy Luna,Erin McDowell), Business Insider
Fri, 10/18/2024 - 1:02pm
Comment On This Story
Welcome to Wopular
Wopular is an
online newspaper rack,
giving you a summary view of the top headlines from the top news sites.
Senh Duong (Founder)
Wopular,
MWB,
RottenTomatoes
MoviesWithButter : Our Sister Site
- "Expendables 4" Starts Shooting This Fall, Says Randy Couture at the Arnold Sports Festival more
- “Expendables 4” Gets Funding Interest from “Ip Man 3” Financier more
- "Ip Man 3" Distributor Suspected of Box Office Fraud, Parent Company Loses $200M in Market Cap more
- Yen Targets "Ip Man 4" for 2018 Release; Discusses Film with Director, Producer more
- "Ip Man 3" Shatters Expectations with $72M Opening [China Box Office] more