Todd Graves

Early life 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 opened Raising Cane's near the North Gates of Louisiana State University on Highland Road in 1996.

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