billionaire - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/billionaire/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Sun, 26 Oct 2025 14:42:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 billionaire - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/billionaire/ 32 32 103504436 Billionaire couple John and Laura Arnold give away 42% of their $2.9 B fortune to The Giving Pledge https://houstonnewmedia.org/billionaire-couple-john-and-laura-arnold-give-away-42-of-their-2-9-b-fortune-to-the-giving-pledge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=billionaire-couple-john-and-laura-arnold-give-away-42-of-their-2-9-b-fortune-to-the-giving-pledge Sun, 26 Oct 2025 14:42:22 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=795b007096a74720d9ffa7bed51e0c72 Locations Fort Bend County; Texas; United States; Harris County; Houston; Montgomery County. Oops! We didn't find anything on that query, try again ...

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Houston Billionaire Tilman Fertitta Officially Trades in the Restaurateur Life for the Trump Administration https://houstonnewmedia.org/houston-billionaire-tilman-fertitta-officially-trades-in-the-restaurateur-life-for-the-trump-administration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houston-billionaire-tilman-fertitta-officially-trades-in-the-restaurateur-life-for-the-trump-administration Thu, 01 May 2025 15:52:44 +0000 https://houston.eater.com/2025/5/1/24421700/houston-billionaire-tilman-fertitta-restaurateur-life-for-the-trump-administration Meet the new U.S. Ambassador to Italy and San Marino. | Brett Coomer

The new U.S. Ambassador to Italy and San Marino vows to give up more than 600 businesses and restaurants to step into his new role The U.S. Senate conf...

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Houston Billionaire Tilman Fertitta Will Give Up His Restaurants to Work With Trump https://houstonnewmedia.org/houston-billionaire-tilman-fertitta-will-give-up-his-restaurants-to-work-with-trump/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houston-billionaire-tilman-fertitta-will-give-up-his-restaurants-to-work-with-trump Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:29:55 +0000 https://houston.eater.com/2025/3/24/24390949/houston-tilman-fertitta-landrys-restaurants-billionaire-resigns-ambassador-italy Tilman Fertitta says cheers at a New York City party. | Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Haute Living

The man behind restaurants like La Griglia and Morton’s the Steakhouse will resign from his companies if he ...

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A Houston Billionaire Restaurateur Behind Morton’s and Bubba Gump Shrimp Might Serve in President-Elect Donald Trump’s Administration https://houstonnewmedia.org/a-houston-billionaire-restaurateur-behind-mortons-and-bubba-gump-shrimp-might-serve-in-president-elect-donald-trumps-administration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-houston-billionaire-restaurateur-behind-mortons-and-bubba-gump-shrimp-might-serve-in-president-elect-donald-trumps-administration Wed, 11 Dec 2024 20:52:36 +0000 https://houston.eater.com/2024/12/11/24319069/houston-billionaire-tilman-fertitta-donald-trump-president-administration-ambassador-italy Houston billionaire and restaurant Tilman Fertitta is allegedly the top pick for U.S. Ambassador to Italy. | Brett Coomer

Sources say Trump will name Tilman Fertitta as the U.S. Ambassador to Italy Tilman Fertitta, the H...

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Billionaire Elon Musk moving headquarters of X from California to Texas – CultureMap Houston https://houstonnewmedia.org/billionaire-elon-musk-moving-headquarters-of-x-from-california-to-texas-culturemap-houston/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=billionaire-elon-musk-moving-headquarters-of-x-from-california-to-texas-culturemap-houston Wed, 17 Jul 2024 20:04:38 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=0239fdaebef31d8cd3514ab9d8b88adc Here's how Missouri City performed in two other metrics in the study: 1.4 percent – The proportion of arts, entertainment, and recreation businesses ...

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Billionaire Announces He’s Leaving California, Bringing Two Major Companies to Texas https://houstonnewmedia.org/billionaire-announces-hes-leaving-california-bringing-two-major-companies-to-texas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=billionaire-announces-hes-leaving-california-bringing-two-major-companies-to-texas Wed, 17 Jul 2024 18:16:35 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=5b5e66e50b41986ddb8651fe83617839 ... Texas, which will now see two major companies heading ... #30 - Tiki Island. Typical home value: $761,694. Metro area: The Woodlands-Sugar Land.

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Billionaire Texas oilman inks deal with Venezuela’s state-run oil giant as U.S. sanctions loom https://houstonnewmedia.org/billionaire-texas-oilman-inks-deal-with-venezuelas-state-run-oil-giant-as-u-s-sanctions-loom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=billionaire-texas-oilman-inks-deal-with-venezuelas-state-run-oil-giant-as-u-s-sanctions-loom Wed, 24 Apr 2024 20:11:50 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=d415888fb2c98f22aab88e057758917a ... Sugar Land Arts Festival to … 2021 death of young Black man at rural Missouri home … FILE - Ericka Lotts holds a bouquet from the funeral of her ...

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Billionaire Estates on Instagram https://houstonnewmedia.org/billionaire-estates-on-instagram/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=billionaire-estates-on-instagram Wed, 13 Sep 2023 17:04:44 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=64f9b42d8ded9a43468a34c10f28817b 800 likes, 5 comments - billionaire_estates on September 12, 2023: "How much would you pay for this Sugarland, Texas home?

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Billionaire Mark Cuban reveals when he will buy bitcoin again and makes a massive price … https://houstonnewmedia.org/billionaire-mark-cuban-reveals-when-he-will-buy-bitcoin-again-and-makes-a-massive-price/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=billionaire-mark-cuban-reveals-when-he-will-buy-bitcoin-again-and-makes-a-massive-price Sun, 01 Jan 2023 15:39:32 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=7d8eab7d5c1beac8af4ffb3704bb93bd Related news: A state audit alleges that money was improperly given to the former Dixon, Missouri, city clerk · Sunflower Bank, N.A Expands Bank On- ...

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Malaysian Billionaire Stanley Thai Invests $350 Million To Build Supermax’s Glove … – Forbes https://houstonnewmedia.org/malaysian-billionaire-stanley-thai-invests-350-million-to-build-supermaxs-glove-forbes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=malaysian-billionaire-stanley-thai-invests-350-million-to-build-supermaxs-glove-forbes Wed, 23 Mar 2022 20:22:29 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=5ce6eca317248bad1eca64c3bae26ef1 ... said its U.S. unit Maxter Healthcare will invest $350 million to build a manufacturing facility for medical gloves in Brazoria County in Texas.

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3 Best Oil and Gas Stocks to Buy According to Billionaire Carl Icahn – Insider Monkey https://houstonnewmedia.org/3-best-oil-and-gas-stocks-to-buy-according-to-billionaire-carl-icahn-insider-monkey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=3-best-oil-and-gas-stocks-to-buy-according-to-billionaire-carl-icahn-insider-monkey Tue, 07 Dec 2021 21:37:15 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=5265c778508fab1d291b4faf2d162113 CVR Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CVI), one of the best oil and gas stocks from Icahn's Q3 portfolio, is a petroleum refining company from Sugarland, Texas, ...

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Billionaire Tilman Fertitta Doesn’t Want to Pay Full Rent on His Restaurant Spaces https://houstonnewmedia.org/billionaire-tilman-fertitta-doesnt-want-to-pay-full-rent-on-his-restaurant-spaces/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=billionaire-tilman-fertitta-doesnt-want-to-pay-full-rent-on-his-restaurant-spaces Wed, 27 May 2020 18:29:47 +0000 https://houston.eater.com/2020/5/27/21272004/tilman-fertitta-full-rent-restaurant-spaces-the-tasting-room-closing Tilman Fertitta | Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Haute Living

Plus, The Tasting Room announces its closure and more Houston dining intel Welcome to AM Intel in the time of coronavirus, a round-up of the city’s newest bits of ...

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Billionaire Restaurateur Tilman Fertitta Didn’t Keep PPP Money Because He Was Afraid of Criticism https://houstonnewmedia.org/billionaire-restaurateur-tilman-fertitta-didnt-keep-ppp-money-because-he-was-afraid-of-criticism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=billionaire-restaurateur-tilman-fertitta-didnt-keep-ppp-money-because-he-was-afraid-of-criticism Tue, 19 May 2020 14:47:41 +0000 https://houston.eater.com/2020/5/19/21263565/donald-trump-tilman-fertitta-restaurant-industry-roundtable Photo by Doug Mills - Pool/Getty Images

The Landry’s, Inc. owner also asked President Trump for more federal funds for large restaurant groups On Monday, President Donald Trump hosted business owners across the restaurant industry for a ...

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Houston Billionaire’s Bitter Divorce Draws International Attention With a Russian Mistress and Coronavirus Part of the Tangled Web https://houstonnewmedia.org/houston-billionaires-bitter-divorce-draws-international-attention-with-a-russian-mistress-and-coronavirus-part-of-the-tangled-web/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houston-billionaires-bitter-divorce-draws-international-attention-with-a-russian-mistress-and-coronavirus-part-of-the-tangled-web Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:57:46 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=285088 More ink has been spilled, nationally and internationally of late, on the bitter divorce between Houston billionaire Ed Bosarge Jr. and Marie Bosarge in the last several weeks than in the entire previous duration of the interminable legal wrangling. Th...

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Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta furloughs 40,000 workers http://houston.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/03-25-20-tilman-fertitta-landrys-inc-layoffs-40000-workers/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=dlvr.it … https://houstonnewmedia.org/houston-billionaire-tilman-fertitta-furloughs-40000-workers-http-houston-culturemap-com-news-restaurants-bars-03-25-20-tilman-fertitta-landrys-inc-layoffs-40000-workers-utm_sourcetwitterutm_/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houston-billionaire-tilman-fertitta-furloughs-40000-workers-http-houston-culturemap-com-news-restaurants-bars-03-25-20-tilman-fertitta-landrys-inc-layoffs-40000-workers-utm_sourcetwitterutm_ Wed, 25 Mar 2020 17:53:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/culturemap/status/1242872261058519040 Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta furloughs 40,000 workers http://houston.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/03-25-20-tilman-fertitta-landrys-inc-layoffs-40000-workers/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=dlvr.it …

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Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta’s co. completes steakhouse chain acquisition https://houstonnewmedia.org/houston-billionaire-tilman-fertittas-co-completes-steakhouse-chain-acquisition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houston-billionaire-tilman-fertittas-co-completes-steakhouse-chain-acquisition Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:49:06 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=6f9480420b8971c42530127d81998186 Houston-based Landry's Inc. and an affiliate have completed the acquisition of the Palm steakhouse chain, billionaire Tilman Fertitta announced late March 11.

Landry's, which is wholly owned by Fertitta, paid $45 million to buy the restaurants from Na...

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Low-profile Texas billionaire reigns as the richest woman in the world http://houston.culturemap.com/news/city-life/03-05-20-billionaire-alice-walton-michael-dell-hurun-report/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=dlvr.it … https://houstonnewmedia.org/low-profile-texas-billionaire-reigns-as-the-richest-woman-in-the-world-http-houston-culturemap-com-news-city-life-03-05-20-billionaire-alice-walton-michael-dell-hurun-report-utm_sourcetwitter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=low-profile-texas-billionaire-reigns-as-the-richest-woman-in-the-world-http-houston-culturemap-com-news-city-life-03-05-20-billionaire-alice-walton-michael-dell-hurun-report-utm_sourcetwitter Thu, 05 Mar 2020 16:20:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/culturemap/status/1235600973516562433 Low-profile Texas billionaire reigns as the richest woman in the world http://houston.culturemap.com/news/city-life/03-05-20-billionaire-alice-walton-michael-dell-hurun-report/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=dlvr.it …

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Houston Couple’s $1 Million Gift Pushes United Way Philanthropy to New Level in Bayou City https://houstonnewmedia.org/houston-couples-1-million-gift-pushes-united-way-philanthropy-to-new-level-in-bayou-city/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houston-couples-1-million-gift-pushes-united-way-philanthropy-to-new-level-in-bayou-city Fri, 28 Feb 2020 19:56:52 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=274691 Not since Bill Gates and Warren Buffet founded The Giving Pledge has philanthropy enjoyed such a boost as the recent uptick in giving levels announced by the United Way of Greater Houston at its annual Alexis de Toqueville Society dinner. Those committ...

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Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta acquires storied steakhouse chain http://houston.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/02-21-20-tilman-fertitta-landrys-inc-the-palm-steakhouse-purchase/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=dlvr.it … https://houstonnewmedia.org/houston-billionaire-tilman-fertitta-acquires-storied-steakhouse-chain-http-houston-culturemap-com-news-restaurants-bars-02-21-20-tilman-fertitta-landrys-inc-the-palm-steakhouse-purchase-utm_source/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houston-billionaire-tilman-fertitta-acquires-storied-steakhouse-chain-http-houston-culturemap-com-news-restaurants-bars-02-21-20-tilman-fertitta-landrys-inc-the-palm-steakhouse-purchase-utm_source Fri, 21 Feb 2020 22:29:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/culturemap/status/1230982922821259264 Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta acquires storied steakhouse chain http://houston.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/02-21-20-tilman-fertitta-landrys-inc-the-palm-steakhouse-purchase/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=dlvr.it …

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Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta stakes claim on another bankrupt restaurant https://houstonnewmedia.org/houston-billionaire-tilman-fertitta-stakes-claim-on-another-bankrupt-restaurant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houston-billionaire-tilman-fertitta-stakes-claim-on-another-bankrupt-restaurant Fri, 21 Feb 2020 20:59:32 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=ded1a2159a0b635030a01ff6e2f5789e Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta is seeking to add another steakhouse chain to his growing restaurant empire.

His Golden Nugget LLC company agreed to pay $50 million for The Palm chain, making it the stalking horse bidder for an upcoming bankruptc...

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