Profil Financier
Tony Townley occupe actuellement le rang #3127 du classement mondial StarFortune (secteur food & beverage). Fortune nette estimée : $1.2 B ($0 sur 24h).
Tony Townley founded the chicken chain Zaxby's with Zach McLeroy, his best friend since the seventh grade.
Townley and McLeroy each put up $8,000 to open the first Zaxby's restaurant in Statesboro, Georgia in 1990.
In 2020, Townley sold his stake in the business to Goldman Sachs for nearly $1 billion (pre-tax).
McLeroy sold part of his stake and remained CEO after the sale before stepping down from the chief executive role in 2022.
Townley and his wife Elizabeth have poured a chunk of their earnings into buying at least 35,000 acres of timberland and farmland around Georgia.
Before founding Zaxby's, Townley was CEO and president of Southern Mortgage & Lending Corporation in Athens, Georgia.
Townley and his wife Elizabeth personally tend to their farmland and timberland.