Residence Atlanta, Georgia, US Role Businessman Name Dan Cathy | Spouse(s) married Nationality American Parents S. Truett Cathy | |
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Full Name Daniel Truett Cathy Born March 1, 1953 (age 71) ( 1953-03-01 ) Jonesboro, Georgia, US Alma mater Georgia Southern University Occupation Chairman, President and CEO, Chick-fil-A Net worth US $3.4 billion (June 2015) Education Georgia Southern University Profiles | ||
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Daniel Truett Cathy (born March 1, 1953), is an American businessman and the chairman, president, and CEO of fast-food chain Chick-fil-A. The chain was founded by his father, S. Truett Cathy.
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- Dan t cathy conversation with jack welch
- Culture of shared leadership dan t cathy ceo chick fil a future of all things senior symp
- Early life
- Career
- Same sex marriage
- Personal life
- References
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Early life
Cathy was born in Jonesboro, Georgia. He began doing radio commercials for his father's original Dwarf House restaurant in Hapeville, Georgia in the early 1960s. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Georgia Southern University in 1975, then began working for his father's company.
Career
He started as director of operations, eventually being promoted to president and CEO. Cathy spends much of his time traveling to the chain's 2,000 restaurants.
Cathy holds honorary doctorates from the University of West Georgia, Anderson College, Carver Bible College, and Pepperdine University. His family runs the WinShape Foundation, a non-profit which supports a group of Southern Baptist ministries.
Same-sex marriage
Cathy has said that he disagrees with same-sex marriage, and is a supporter of conservative Christian causes.
But in March 2014, he told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that it had been a "mistake" for the WinShape Foundation to "support political or social agendas", and had been working with LGBT activist Shane Windmeyer of Campus Pride since 2012. Windmeyer stated that WinShape and the Chick-fil-A Foundation had "dramatically" cut donations to groups gay marriage supporters consider anti-gay. Cathy stated that "While we evaluate individual donations on an annual basis, our giving is focused on three key areas: youth and education, leadership and family enrichment and serving the local communities in which we operate," the company said at the time. "Our intent is to not support political or social agendas. This has been the case for more than 60 years. The Chick-fil-A culture and service tradition in our restaurants is to treat every person with honor, dignity and respect and to serve great food with genuine hospitality."
The website Thinkprogress.org rebutted Windmeyer's comments in January 2013, complaining he had failed to explain any concrete changes taking place at the company. The website added that Chick-fil-A's donations to the above-mentioned groups had been small, no more than $1,000 in any given year, compared with millions of dollars donated to organizations such as the Marriage & Family Foundation and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Personal life
Cathy is married, with two children, and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.