Tilman J. Fertitta Quotes

Tilman J. Fertitta — American Businessman born on June 25, 1957,

Tilman Joseph Fertitta is an American businessman, entrepreneur and the chairman, CEO and sole owner of Landry's, Inc., one of the nation’s largest restaurant corporations. In 2013, his net worth was estimated at $2.4 billion, placing him at No. 235 on the Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans; Forbes calls him the “World’s Richest Restaurateur”. Fertitta is also chairman of the Board of Regents of the University of Houston System... (wikipedia)

You've got to stay strong to be strong in tough times.

You can put the greatest seafood restaurant next to an average steak house in an urban area, and that steak house will do more business than the seafood place. If you go to the water, you can put an average seafood place next to the greatest steak house, and people are going to eat seafood.

I can't draw a stick person. I can't play a musical instrument. But I've always had a knack for making money.

Everybody wants to be led. Except for me. I want to lead.

I'm there for my friends, and I'd like to think I'm there for my employees.