One of The Richest Families in America Is from Georgia: Meet The Cathy Family!

Did you know that one of the most richest families in the United States is actually from our very own "peach state"? This family that I am talking about is the Cathy family.

S. Truett CathyPhoto byChick-Fil-A

The Cathy Family siblings Dan T. Cathy, Trudy Cathy White and Bubba Cathy are the ambassadors, chairmen and EVP of the famous Georgia founded fast food chain restaurant, Chick-Fil-A.

The restaurant was started by their father Samuel Truett Cathy who began the Chick-Fil-A restaurant in Hapeville, Georgia in 1946 with a restaurant called the Dwarf Grill.

It was from this point that Samuel Truett Cathy and his brother and business partner Ben begin creating the chicken sandwich that Chick-Fil-A would later be famous for.

From 1964 to 1967, the sandwich was licensed to over 50 restuarants including the well known restuarant chain the Waffle House. The sandwich was also licensed to the concession stands of the Houston Astrodome.

The Chick-Fil-A sandwich was later withdrawn from any further sales at the other restaurants once the first standalone Chick-Fil-A location was officially opened in 1967 in the food court of the Greenbriar Mall in Atlanta.

Mr. Cathy remained the chairman and CEO of the Chick-Fil-A franchise until his retirement in November of 2013. He left the position to his son Dan Cathy.

So how much is the Cathy family worth?

The family is worth over $33.6 billion dollars.

So the next time that you bite into a delicous Chick-Fil-A sandwich, you truly just tasted the Cathy family's fortune.

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