# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tilman-j-fertitta
# Generated: 2026-09-03T11:28:07.432Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tilman-j-fertitta"
name: "Tilman J. Fertitta"
slug: "tilman-j-fertitta"
description: "Tilman Joseph Fertitta is an American diplomat, businessman and television personality. He serves as the United States ambassador to Italy and San Marino since May 2025. He is the owner of the entertainment company Landry's and the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s Houston Rockets. Fertitta was the chairman of the board of regents of the University of Houston System from 2014 to 2025."
tagline: "American businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/United_States_Ambassador_to_Italy_and_San_Marino_Tilman_Joseph_Fertitta.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1957-06-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           59.35
  momentum:             8.041500482260629
  historical:           12.84971466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 42
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/tilmanjfertitta"
    handle:    "tilmanjfertitta"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/tilmanfertitta/"
    handle:    "tilmanfertitta"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/TilmanFertitta"
    handle:    "TilmanFertitta"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3596238/"
    handle:    "nm3596238"
sources:
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    title: "ٹلمین فرٹیٹا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "تيلمان فيرتيتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilman_Fertitta"
    title: "Tilman Fertitta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilman_Fertitta"
    title: "Tilman Fertitta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilman_Fertitta"
    title: "Tilman Fertitta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilman_Fertitta"
    title: "Tilman Fertitta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Фертитта, Тилман"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilman_Fertitta"
    title: "Tilman Fertitta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7802933"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2325900"
    title: "Tilman J. Fertitta"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump