Todd Bartlett Graves (born 1972) is an American businessman and co-founder of Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, a fast food restaurant specializing in fried chicken finger meals.
As of January 2026, Forbes estimated his net worth is at $22 billion, making him the 111th wealthiest person in the world. He ranked #46 on the 2025 Forbes 400 List of richest Americans.
Graves was born in New Orleans and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Graves graduated from Episcopal School of Baton Rouge. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia.
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. As of 2025, the company has nearly 1000 restaurants in the U.S.
The restaurants are named after Raising Cane I, Graves' dog at the time of founding the first restaurant. They are headquartered in Baton Rouge.
In 2000, Graves married Gwen Drain, a McDonald's franchisee, whom he had known since high school. They have two daughters and reside in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with their yellow Labrador, Raising Cane III.
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.