Tim McCarthy Bio

Tim received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Ohio State University in March of 1975, then received his Masters of Business Administration from Ohio State (Fisher Business School) in June of 2007

McCarthy opened his first business in 1988. Over time, this company developed a million employer network delivering incentives for their national advertising clients such as Coca-Cola, Lenscrafters and McDonalds to 70 million USA employees. The company, WorkPlace Media www.workplacemedia.com, was sold to the Riverside Company in 2007 and then repurchased from Riverside in 2013.

In 2003, in partnership with his son, Tim Patrick, McCarthy opened the first chicken finger restaurant north of the Mason-Dixon line. Raising Cane’s of Ohio has now grown to 13 restaurants in central Ohio doing $32 million revenue in 2013. www.raisingcanesohio.com

Among current McCarthy business projects is Cleveland Whiskey www.clevelandwhiskey.com, a start-up of Tom Lix..