Daniel Truett Cathy was born on March 1,1953 and is an American businessman.
13 Facts About Dan Cathy
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Dan Cathy is the chairman of fast-food chain Chick-fil-A, which was founded and expanded by his father, S Truett Cathy.
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Dan Cathy has a net worth of $10.6 billion as of October 2024.
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Dan Cathy's father had recently started a restaurant known as the Dwarf House.
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Dan Cathy began doing radio commercials for his father's original Dwarf House restaurant in Hapeville, Georgia, in the late 1960s while he was attending local schools.
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Dan Cathy earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Georgia Southern University in 1975.
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Dan Cathy started as director of operations, eventually being promoted in 2013 to chairman and CEO.
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Dan Cathy spends much of his time visiting the chain's 2,000 restaurants.
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Dan Cathy holds honorary doctorates from the University of West Georgia, Anderson College, Carver College, and Pepperdine University.
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Dan Cathy said in July 2012 that he opposes same-sex marriage and supports conservative Christian causes.
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Tax records obtained in 2011 showed that Chick-fil-A's operators, the WinShape Foundation, and the Dan Cathy family spent millions of dollars to defeat same-sex marriage initiatives and to provide conversion therapy.
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In March 2014, Dan Cathy told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that it had been a "mistake" for the WinShape Foundation to "support political or social agendas" in the period before 2012, when this was reported and a national controversy broke out at a time of debate about same-sex marriages.
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In June 2021, The Daily Beast reported that the National Christian Charitable Foundation, to which Dan Cathy is reportedly a major donor, was helping to fund opposition to the Equality Act.