Name
Dan Friedkin
Dan Friedkin
Houston, Texas
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Georgetown University | Master of Business Administration, Rice University
United States
Gulf States Toyota
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Toyota dealerships
$4,100,000,000
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#504 Billionaires 2019
#179 Forbes 400 2018
Dan Friedkin owns Gulf States Toyota, which sold $9 billion worth of Toyotas in 2017. The company, based in Houston, has exclusive rights to distribute Toyota vehicles in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma.His father Thomas, who started the business in 1969, died in March 2017. Friedkin is also an investor in luxury hospitality management firm Auberge Resorts, which has properties in Aspen and Cabo San Lucas. He also owns a film production studio that produced the 2017 movie "All The Money In The World."
His Friedkin Conservation Trust is working to preserve more than 6 million acres in Tanzania. Friedkin owns one of the largest collections of vintage military war planes in the country.
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