Tilman J. Fertitta
Tilman J. Fertitta
Tilman Joseph Fertittais an American businessman, entrepreneur, television personality and the chairman, CEO and sole owner of Landry's, Inc., one of the nation’s largest restaurant corporations. In 2013, his net worth was estimated at $2.4 billion, placing him at No. 235 on the Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans; Forbes calls him the “World’s Richest Restaurateur”. Fertitta is also chairman of the Board of Regents of the University of Houston System. After landing a reality tv show on CNBC, Fertitta...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth25 June 1957
CountryUnited States of America
When you're public, you're at the mercy of the markets. You can be doing extremely well, but if the markets are in the tank or your industry is in the tank, you don't get rewarded for it.
We don't use consultants at Landry's. We're our consultants.
I'm there for my friends, and I'd like to think I'm there for my employees.
I buy things that are good properties that I'm going to have forever. I just don't have any intention to sell anything. I believe you acquire good assets and you keep them and operate them.
You can put the greatest seafood restaurant next to an average steak house in an urban area, and that steak house will do more business than the seafood place. If you go to the water, you can put an average seafood place next to the greatest steak house, and people are going to eat seafood.
I can't draw a stick person. I can't play a musical instrument. But I've always had a knack for making money.
Everybody wants to be led. Except for me. I want to lead.
You've got to stay strong to be strong in tough times.