About

I love to garden.

I probably should have started this page with a sentence like, “I am the President and Chief Operating Officer of Chick-fil-A, Inc.” but I wanted to begin things with something few people know. I could have said, “I love riding motorcycles” but then my riding buddies wouldn’t have been surprised. Or “I play the trumpet” but then the 70,000 people who saw me play one time would have known that. Or maybe “I love being a pilot” but then anyone who has flown with me is aware of that.

So gardening seemed like a good place to start. But to really start, to really take things all the way back to the beginning, I need to talk about my dad S. Truett Cathy, and a childhood spent in Chick-fil-A restaurants. Customers were his passion and service was his driving motivation. Watching his heart for people over the decades instilled in me a love for the Chick-fil-A family that I get to live out everyday. Although I became the President and Chief Operating Officer in 2001, the truth is, I work in customer service. And with more than 1,400 restaurants around the country and more than 50,000 employees, I’ve got a lot of customers to serve.

But to tell you the truth, it doesn’t feel like work. I truly believe that we all have the responsibility to Live, Love and Lead in our communities. That’s why I pursue healthy outdoor passions like gardening and running in marathons. That’s why I love continuing to build a strong relationship with Rhonda, my wife of 36 years, and our two sons, Andrew and Ross. That’s why I teach Sunday School.

There are a million opportunities for each of us every day to Live, Love and Lead. Maybe I should have started this page with that sentence, because at the end of the day, that’s really what Dan Cathy is all “about.”