IT WAS EARLY 1979 and S. Truett Cathy was about to hire, of all things, an in-house lawyer. Some things just can’t be helped.

Like many entrepreneurs, Cathy felt lawyers got in the way of deals, and the founder of the Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A restaurants was-and remains today at age 85-a deal-maker at heart.

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