Senra: Raising Cane's founder Todd Graves is strongly anti-private equity
David Senra · David Senra on Nvidia, Jensen Huang, and Being a Great Founder. · Mar 24, 2025 · at 13:51
Founders podcast host David Senra discusses Raising Cane's founder Todd Graves' operating philosophy and skepticism of private equity in quick-service restaurants.
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“Based on what he says, like, he's pretty anti-making decisions just based on financial reasons. Like, he talks a lot of shit in his interviews about, like, PE people, what, like, he's just not a big, he's not a fan at all.”
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