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With a $9 billion net worth, Tilman Fertitta is an American businessman and television personality. In addition to being the CEO, chairman, and owner of Landry’s, Inc., Tilman Fertitta is also the owner of the NBA’s Houston Rockets. Fertitta made an appearance on “Billion Dollar Buyer,” a CNBC reality series.
Tilman Fertitta: who is he?
1957 saw the birth of Tilman Fertitta in Galveston, Texas. On Galveston Island, his father, Vic, had a seafood restaurant. Fertitta attended the University of Houston and Texas Tech University for his postsecondary education. He did not finish his degree in business administration and hospitality management.
In addition to being the owner of the NBA’s Houston Rockets, Fertitta serves as the company’s CEO, chairman, and proprietor of Landry’s, Inc. Fertitta made an appearance on “Billion Dollar Buyer,” a CNBC reality series.
Tilman’s third cousins are Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta, the former owners of the UFC. In September 2017, Tilman Fertitta agreed to pay Leslie Alexander $2.2 billion to acquire the Houston Rockets. It was a record amount paid for an NBA club at the time. Right now, the Rockets are worth $4.4 billion.
Tilman tried to pay $81 million to acquire the Rockets in 1991. Leslie Alexander beat him to the deal with an offer of $85 million. Tilman was formerly a minority owner of the Houston Texans. Interestingly, league gambling regulations will prevent Tilman’s casinos’ patrons from placing bets on Houston Rockets games.
What is Tilman Fertitta’s age?
As of right now, he is 66 years old.
What is the net worth of Tilman Fertitta?
The estimated net worth of the American billionaire businessman is $9 billion.
What is the career of Tilman Fertitta?
Selling Shaklee vitamins was how Fertitta got his start in business. In the 1980s, he established and oversaw a construction and development company, using which he constructed the Key Largo Hotel in Galveston.
In 1980, Fertitta co-owned Landry’s Seafood, the original Landry’s restaurant, which made its debut in Katy, Texas. He helped open Willie G’s Seafood & Steaks in Houston the following year. In late 1986, Fertitta assumed leadership of Landry’s after obtaining majority stakes in both companies.
After going public in 1993, he experienced a period of fast growth. Over the course of ten years, Landry’s changed and acquired not just more restaurants but also enterprises in the entertainment, gaming, and hotel industries. The company constructed the theme park Kemah Boardwalk in 1998 after purchasing the 32-acre San Luis Resort on Galveston Island in 1996.
Landry purchased the Hilton Galveston Island Resort, Muer Restaurants, Rainforest Cafe, Saltgrass Steak House, and Golden Nugget Hotel & Casinos in the 2000s. Houston’s entertainment destination, the Downtown Aquarium, made its premiere in 2003.
In 2010, Landry’s acquired three new restaurant brands: the Oceanaire, Claim Jumper, and Bubba Gump Shrimp Company. The next year, McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants and Morton’s The Steakhouse were added to the company’s list of eateries. The Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier was inaugurated by Landry’s in 2012.
Later in the decade, acquisitions were made of Restaurants Unlimited, B.R. Guest, and Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steak Houses. Additionally, Landry’s bought back Joe’s Crab Shack, which it had sold in 2006. In the meantime, the company started creating and acquiring the eateries that make up Landry’s Signature Group, which consists of Vic & Anthony’s, Brenner’s Steakhouse, Grotto, and La Griglia. The Post Oak Hotel & Tower in Houston and the Tower of the Americas in San Antonio are two of Landry’s other properties.
Upon the Houston Texans’ establishment in 1999, Fertitta was among the original investors. Up until 2008, when he sold his share, he stayed Bob McNair’s partner as the owner of the Texans. Afterwards, in 2017, Fertitta acquired the Houston Rockets for an NBA record $2.2 billion. As part of the deal, he also acquired ownership of Clutch Gaming, a professional esports business.
In 2016, Fertitta made his CNBC debut as the star of his own reality television series, “Billion Dollar Buyer.” In every episode, Fertitta traveled the nation sampling cutting-edge hospitality products that he might use at his Landry’s establishments. He would meet with small business owners to assess whether their products would work well for his company; if they would, he would make them an offer. “Billion Dollar Buyer” concluded in 2018 after three seasons.
Fertitta holds positions on a number of boards in the Houston area. In addition to serving on the board of regents for the University of Houston System, he is the chairman of the board of the Houston Children’s Charity. In addition, Fertitta is a member of the boards of the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, the Greater Houston Partnership, and the Texas Heart Institute.
The University of Houston has been the principal beneficiary of Fertitta’s charity contributions. He donated $20 million to the institution in 2016 so that Hofheinz Pavilion, a multipurpose arena known as the Fertitta Center, could be renovated. He then gave the university’s medical school, now known as the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine, a $50 million donation in 2022.
