Tilman Fertitta is a wealthy businessman and television personality from the United States with a net worth of $9 billion. Tilman Fertitta is the CEO, chairm an, and owner of Landry’s, Inc., as well as the owner of the Houston Rockets of the NBA. Fertitta appeared in the CNBC reality series “Billion Dollar Buyer.”
Former UFC owners Frank Fertitta and Lorenzo Fertitta are Tilman’s third cousins. Tilman Fertitta agreed to buy the Houston Rockets from Leslie Alexander for $2.2 billion in September 2017. At the time, it was a record amount paid for an NBA team. The Rockets are now valued at $4.4 billion.
In 1991, Tilman attempted to purchase the Rockets for $81 million. Leslie Alexander, who offered $85 million, beat him to the deal. Tilman is a former Houston Texans minority owner. Interestingly, gamblers at Tilman’s casinos will NOT be able to wager on Houston Rockets games according to league gambling rules.
Who is Tilman Fertitta married to?
Tilman Fertitta married Paige Farwell in 1991, and they had four children, a daughter and three sons. Fertitta is presently married to Lauren Ware, a Houston attorney.
Former UFC owners Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta are his third cousins. Fertitta is a passionate sports fan who cheers on the University of Houston Cougars and can be seen at most Cougar football and basketball games, as well as courtside for Houston Rockets basketball games.
Fertitta donated $20 million in 2016 to restore the University of Houston’s basketball home, Hofheinz Pavilion, which has since been renamed Fertitta Center, as well as donations for the construction of TDECU Stadium.
Fertitta is friends with retired NASA astronaut and Arizona senator Mark Kelly, as well as his wife, former Arizona representative Gabby Giffords.
Fertitta is the chairman of the Houston Children’s Charity’s board of directors. Fertitta was appointed to the University of Houston System’s board of regents by Texas Governor Rick Perry in 2009.
Fertitta was named chairperson of the Houston Police Department’s Police Foundation in 2008, which provides clothing and equipment to Houston police officers. He is on the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s executive committee. He is on the boards of the Texas Heart Institute, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, and the Greater Houston Partnership.
Fertitta pledged $50 million to the University of Houston College of Medicine, which was renamed the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine in May 2022.
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