Tilman Fertitta

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-based restaurant and entertainment company. Landry's brands include Landry's Seafood House, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. and Saltgrass Steak House. Fertitta took Landry's private in 2010 in a deal worth $1.4 billion. Tilman and his wife Paige gave $20 million to the University of Houston in 2016 to rebuild the school's basketball arena.