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What's the most successful company founded by someone who went to LSU?

Posted on 8/12/26 at 8:31 pm
Posted by FlyingTigerBo
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 8:31 pm
Say the benchmark is Turner Industries. What's bigger?

Posted by theunknownknight
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 8:32 pm to
raising canes
Posted by RanchoLaPuerto
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One Love, my brother!
Posted by lsufan1971
Zachary
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 8:36 pm to
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One Love, my brother!


Graves went to GA not LSU.
Posted by kook
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 8:36 pm to
Big Lee.
Posted by RodFarva
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 8:37 pm to
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Raising canes


He didn’t go to LSU.
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 8:38 pm to
Tigerdroppings
Posted by lsufan1971
Zachary
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 8:40 pm to
Lod Cook has to be up there. He was co-chair of Global Crossing which laid most of the fiber optic cable across the Atlantic. Also served on the board of Lockheed Martin.
This post was edited on 8/12/26 at 8:41 pm
Posted by FlaTiger25
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Member since Nov 2022
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 8:41 pm to
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Graves went to GA not LSU.


Yes, went to UGA where zaxbys is based. Sometimes you don’t have to create the idea, just find something you think you can do better.

And kudos to Todd for never selling. I’d likely have jumped at the first big offer. Dude held out and now worth billions.
This post was edited on 8/12/26 at 8:43 pm
Posted by csorre1
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 8:47 pm to
LSU themselves list Turner as number one so them.
Posted by heypaul
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 8:48 pm to
Mr Jim Bernhard could be in this conversation.....

Just Sayin
Posted by Roy Curado
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 8:48 pm to
I would say, Turner, Farve, or Taylor
Posted by MintBerry Crunch
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 8:49 pm to
Is Cajun Industries bigger than Turner?
Posted by jasonbr1975
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 8:54 pm to
Art Favre- Performance Contractor’s >$3 billion revenue/year.
I’m sure there are bigger but that’s what I know.
Posted by Lombardi44
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 8:59 pm to
Craig Silvey co-founded Canes while still a student at LSU, so Canes would be the correct answer.

Todd worked at Guthrie's, not Zaxby's, in Athens while a student at Georgia and learned the chicken finger game.

Posted by Adam Banks
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 8:59 pm to
Paul Fleming founded P.F. Chang’s Flemings pei Wei
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 8:59 pm to
The David Duke Bookstore
Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:02 pm to
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He didn’t go to LSU.


Didn't he get an MBA from LSU?
Posted by armytiger96
Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:09 pm to
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Didn't he get an MBA from LSU?


No, that was Craig see post above by Lombardi44
This post was edited on 8/12/26 at 9:11 pm
Posted by Boss
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:10 pm to
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