Jerry Murrell joked he was going to use the $1.5 million on a fur coat for his wife, but it seemed like his employees deserved it a little more.

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When Five Guys’ 40th birthday promotion collapsed under its own weight, most CEOs would have issued a polished apology and moved on. Instead, Jerry Murrell wrote his employees a check—1,500 of them to be exact. Now, the 82-year-old longtime founder of the franchise joked it wasn’t altruism: he was worried about his safety.