Todd Graves (entrepreneur)

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

In 2023, Bloomberg estimated his net worth at $7.6 billion, making him the wealthiest person in the state of Louisiana and the 307th richest in the world.

Early life
Graves was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Graves graduated from Episcopal High School in Baton Rouge.

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.

Graves opened Raising Cane's near the North Gates of Louisiana State University on Highland Road in 1996. By 2022, the company expanded to more than 600 restaurants in the U.S. and the Middle East.

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

Personal life
Graves and his wife, Gwen, have two children and reside in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with their yellow Labrador, Raising Cane III.

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