{"id":2438330,"date":"2026-05-30T15:47:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T15:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2438330"},"modified":"2026-05-30T15:47:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T15:47:22","slug":"who-is-tilman-fertitta-the-billionaire-acquiring-caesars-entertainment-cdc-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/who-is-tilman-fertitta-the-billionaire-acquiring-caesars-entertainment-cdc-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Tilman Fertitta, the billionaire acquiring Caesars Entertainment? \u2013 CDC Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-138020 articleHeight\">\n\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"back-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/news\/\">\u2190 Back to Newsroom<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<header class=\"article-header\">\n<p>\nSaturday, May 30, 2026 11:37 AM<\/p>\n<div class=\"ahFull offsiteImage\">\n<div class=\"ahImage\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"align-right attribution\">\n<p><span title=\"Image aggregated from Las Vegas Review-Journal.\">Image aggregated from Las Vegas Review-Journal.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"grid-x authorShare\">\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-8 grid-x\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"authorIm\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/themes\/cdc\/iconic\/reviewjournal.com.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span id=\"author\">Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-4 grid-x align-middle share\">\n<div class=\"ns-buttons ns-inline ns-no-print\">\n<p>Email, LinkedIn, and more<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"CDCart\">\n<p>The Fertitta name is ubiquitous in Southern Nevada considering the ownership role the Fertitta family has with Station Casinos and UFC.<\/p>\n<p>Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta\u2019s third cousin \u2014 Fertitta Entertainment owner and CEO Tilman Joseph Fertitta \u2014 doesn\u2019t quite have the same high profile here, despite his ownership role with downtown\u2019s Golden Nugget, Golden Nugget Laughlin and the Landry\u2019s restaurant chain, his big investment profile with Wynn Resorts Ltd. and his forays into exploring the development of a Strip casino.<\/p>\n<p>Tilman Fertitta may be more recognizable on the big national stage, especially in Houston, as not only a casino owner in multiple states, and a restaurateur, but as a sports franchise owner and investor, a theme-park operator, a reality TV star, a best-selling author and, oh yes, the U.S. ambassador to Italy and San Marino.<\/p>\n<p><input class=\"fooboxshare_post_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"138020\"\/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p> <!-- end article section --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-footer\">\n<div class=\"continueText\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/business\/casinos-gaming\/who-is-tilman-fertitta-the-billionaire-acquiring-caesars-entertainment-3830375\/\" target=\"_blank\">Article continues on Las Vegas Review-Journal\u00a0<span>\u2b95<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/business\/casinos-gaming\/who-is-tilman-fertitta-the-billionaire-acquiring-caesars-entertainment-3830375\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"osButton button\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><center\/>\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<p> <!-- end article footer -->\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source cdcgaming.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190 Back to Newsroom Saturday, May 30, 2026 11:37 AM Image aggregated from Las Vegas Review-Journal. Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal Email, LinkedIn, and more The Fertitta name is ubiquitous in Southern Nevada considering the ownership role the Fertitta family has with Station Casinos and UFC. 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