Dan T. Cathy is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Chick-fil-A, Inc, one of the nation’s largest family-owned businesses, and is a member of the company’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Since taking over the business from his father and founder, S. Truett Cathy, Dan represents the next generation of leadership for the Atlanta-based fast-food chicken restaurant chain.

Dan and his wife, Rhonda, have two sons—Andrew, senior vice president of people at Chick-fil-A, and Ross, Operator of Midland FSR—and three grandchildren.