US President-elect Donald Trump has
appointed businessman Tilman J. Fertitta as the new ambassador
to Italy.
Born in Galveston, Texas, the 57-year-old is the owner of the
Houston Rockets basketball team.
Fertitta, a businessman in the restaurant and hospitality
sector, is the chair and chief executive officer of Fertitta
Entertainment.
His holdings include Landry's Inc., the NBA's Houston Rockets
and the Golden Nugget casinos.
He also starred in the reality show Billion Dollar Buyer on
CNBC.
In 2023, Forbes estimated his fortune to be worth about 8.4
billion dollars.
Fortune ranked him in 260th position in its annual list of the
world's richest people.
Fertitta has Sicilian origins and his father Vic owned a fish
restaurant.
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