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Tilman J. Fertitta, Chairman, President
and CEO of Landry's Restaurants, Inc.
There are many published articles about him, and these are just some of the best at describing his success as an entrepreneur, business leader, community leader and charitable leader and his company’s success at promoting happiness and enjoyment of life. |
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| HOUSTON CHRONICLE - December 2006 |
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Landry's Takes a Gamble
A shark-filled aquarium, five restaurants, 1,300 blinking slot machines. At the Golden Nugget hotel and casino, Tilman Fertitta is in his element. More |
| HOUSTON CHRONICLE - February 2005 |
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Fish & Chips
Landry's Restaurants is placing a $140 million bet on the casino industry after reaching a deal with the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas. More |
| HOUSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL - December 2004 |
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White tigers settle in new home after Fertitta gets city's blessing
After extracting agreements from the city for a giant Ferris wheel and oversized signs, Landry's Restaurants, Inc. President and CEO Tilman Fertitta planned to bring a tiger and lion exhibit to downtown Houston. More |
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RESTAURANT HOSPITALITY - September 2004
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Everything about Houston-based Landry's Restaurants is as big as the lone-star state it calls home: big concepts, big promotions, big sales, big growth-all navigated by a big-living showman of a CEO. Just trying to keep up with the company's aggressive acquisitions and development plans makes one's head spin, from flashy "eatertainment" projects like the Downtown Aquarium in Houston-replete with a 90-foot ferris wheel and kiddie train that chugs through a tunnel filled with sharks-to a hotel division with 1,000 rooms under ownership or development. More |
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TEXAS MONTHLY - July 2004
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The restaurant mogul has invested $150 million to help change the face of Galveston. Now critics warn that he wants to turn the island into Atlantic City. More |
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THE SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS - Business Section, Sunday, April 18, 2004
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He knows development, and he wants to play in S.A.
A mixture of Walt Disney visionary and Barnum & Bailey circus ringmaster Tilman J. Fertitta, CEO of Landry's Restaurants, creates projects that stir controversy. More |
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THE TENNESSEAN - Living Secton, Wednesday, April 14, 2004
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DINE WITH THE FISHES
New Opry Mills eatery employs 2,000 tank dwellers for entertainment - not eating. Enjoy the red snapper on your plate? Good. So did the shark next to you. After all, what’s a tank full of fish for if a sharp-toothed mate can’t pick one off every now and then? Welcome to Aquarium restaurant, where fish are friends and food. More |
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THE SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS - March 5, 2004
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LANDRY'S TOWERING ACHIEVEMENT
The City Council unanimously handed control of San Antonio’s landmark Tower of the Americas to Houston’s Landry’s Restaurants, Inc. on Thursday, shutting out calls to keep the contract in local hands. The decision ends Tower Foods’ 35-year run in the tower’s revolving restaurant and gives it to Landry’s until 2019. More |
| TEXAS MONTHLY - February 2004 |
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WHERE TO EAT NOW 2004
The year 2003 will be remembered in Houston as the year restaurant mogul Tilman Fertitta vacuumed up three of the city’s most fashionable outposts – Pesce, La Griglia and Grotto – into his burgeoning empire. More |
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NATION'S RESTAURANT NEWS - February 23, 2004
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Landry's Enlarged Chain Portfolio Nets $1.1B in revenue for 2003
A strategy of aggressive acquisitions and expansion has catapulted Landry's Restaurants, Inc. into the rarified world of billion-dollar foodservice companies. Landry’s which operates such concepts as Joe's Crab Shack, Landry’s Seafood, Chart House, Saltgrass Steak House and Rainforest Cafe, reported net earning of $2.5 million, or 9 cents per diluted share, for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 21, compared with $4.6 million, or 16 cents a share, in fiscal 2002. More |
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