The founder of Chick-fil-A has died. A while back, I wrote a long article on him and his philanthropy:

On his newspaper route, Cathy learned the virtue of hard work—and the value of good service. “The key to succeeding with a paper route—and the restaurant business, I would later learn—is to take care of the customer,” says Cathy. He was unfailingly polite with his subscribers, cheerfully battling bad weather and always placing newspapers exactly where his customers wanted them. “The most effective way of promoting my business didn’t cost me anything but a little kindness.” By putting the interests of others before personal considerations, young Cathy planted the seeds of what would grow into his adult philanthropy.