Via WSJ:
S. Truett Cathy, the conservative Christian founder of fast-food chain Chick-fil-A, died early Monday at age 93, the company said.
Mr. Cathy, an entrepreneur from an early age, built Chick-fil-A from a small diner founded in an Atlanta suburb 68 years ago into the top fast-food chicken chain in the U.S. Known for its grounding in the tenets of the founder’s religious devotion as well as for its fried-chicken sandwiches, the closely held company has expanded to more than 1,800 stores in 40 states. Its sales have grown for 47 straight years, to $5 billion last year, Chick-fil-A says.
Mr. Cathy began selling soft drinks at the age of 8, and started a paper route at age 12. As a teenager, he and his younger brother, Ben, won awards for signing up customers for the Atlanta Journal. The brothers started their diner in 1946 with no experience in the restaurant industry beyond having worked as grill trainees in another Atlanta restaurant. They built their eatery, the Dwarf Grill, across from a new Ford auto plant, and served burgers. Ben was killed in a plane crash two years later.
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