Tilman Fertitta has made a fortune buying up and revamping distressed restaurant and entertainment brands. Photo by Tim Pannel. Tilman Fertitta is barely past the first of his many morning cups of coffee and the first ten minutes of our meeting when he decides, as is his wont, to take control.

Salvatore "Sam" Maceo ( Italian pronunciation: [salvaˈtoːre maˈtʃɛːo]; March 1, 1894 – April 16, 1951) was a Sicilian immigrant and organized crime boss in Galveston, Texas in the United States. Because of his efforts, Galveston Island became a nationally known resort town during the early and mid 20th century,...

Tilman J. Fertitta (Lorenzo & Frank's 1st cousin) His family includes Sam and Rosario Maceo who rose from humble beginnings to become prominent in Galveston's notorious nightlife scene in the mid-1900s before branching out to Las Vegas, Nevada.

LIPSTICK DETECTIVES: THE TEXAS MAFIA CONNECTION takes place primarily in Dallas, Galveston, Houston, and Longview and neighboring counties. Dotson, a former IBM executive and corporate spy, and her sister, a CFO

Fertitta, with his in-your-face, hot-blooded Italian disposition, had to be a wiseguy. Mob money got him in, mob money bailed him out, they would claim.

Tilman Fertitta is the owner of the Houston Rockets. The NBA approved the $2.2 billion purchase by Fertitta in October 2017. Fertitta also owns the Golden Nugget Casinos and Landry's, a Texas ...

The Mafia’s connection like an umbilical cord to the Fertitta family’s history can in many ways never be cut. The brothers Fertitta will never be able to outrun their family’s reputation. Though up to this point the Fertitta “family” secret hasn’t really burned...

Tilman Fertitta is the ower of the yacht Boardwalk. He is owner of the US restaurant chain Landry's. He lives with his wife Paige Fertitta in a large house in Houston. He has two private jets. Fertitta Net Worth is US$ 4.7 billion. The Boardwalk yacht was built by Westport.

The captain of the ship, Tilman Fertitta, is a man worth over $200 million. "First thing you have to do is work hard and win," says Tilman, 46, the CEO of Landry's, a billion-dollar empire of amusement parks and family eateries based in Houston. "It's a dream, but it was able to happen.". A few years ago, Kemah,...