Tilman Fertitta

Tilman Fertitta owns 100% of a $5B restaurant empire

Sam marvels at Tilman Fertitta, who solely owns Landry's, possibly the largest company in America owned by one person. He owns every share of a roughly 600-restaurant empire doing around $5B in revenue and $1.5-2B in EBITDA pre-COVID.

“I am pretty positive, uh, that Landry's is the largest company in America that is owned by one person. Uh, Tilman Fertitta owns 100% of the business. He owns literally every single share. Uh, right around the beginning of COVID they were doing something like $5 billion in revenue and like $1.5 to $2 billion in EBITDA.”