Truett Cathy

Founder of Chick-fil-A

Truett Cathy was an American businessman and founder of Chick-fil-A. He was born on March 14, 1921, in Eatonton, Georgia, and grew up in a poor farming family. Cathy served in the US Army Air Forces during World War II and later attended the Georgia Institute of Technology. After the war, he worked as a salesman and eventually opened his first restaurant, the Dwarf Grill, which later became Chick-fil-A. Cathy was kno...