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Career Highlights
Awards & Recognition
★Louisiana Restaurant Association Restaurateur of the Year 2012
★Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2008 award winner
★SCORE Award for Outstanding Socially Progressive Business 2010
★Glassdoor Top CEO 2019 - #28 nationally, #1 in Louisiana, #2 in restaurant category
★Louisiana Life magazine Louisianan of the Year 2013
★Young Businessperson of the Year 2002 - Baton Rouge Business Report
★Top 40 Under 40 list - Baton Rouge Business Report 2000
Notable Facts
→Founded Raising Cane's in 1996 with business plan that got lowest grade in class
→Net worth $22 billion as of January 2026, ranked #46 on Forbes 400
→Owns over 90% of Raising Cane's with nearly 1,000 locations
→Chain surpassed KFC to become 3rd largest chicken chain in US
→Featured as Guest Shark on ABC's Emmy-winning Shark Tank Season 16
→Created and hosted discovery+ series 'Restaurant Recovery' investing $1M total
→561K Instagram followers, active social media presence
→Named after his yellow Labrador Retriever 'Raising Cane'
→Worked in Alaska fishing boats and oil refineries to fund first restaurant
→Company generates over $3.7 billion in annual revenue
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