Landry’s Inc.

Landry’s Inc. is a global multiconcept group with more than 600 properties in 36 states and 15 countries, including more than 80 restaurant brands, such as Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse, Chart House, McCormick and Schmick’s, Mastro’s, King Ranch, Texas Kitchen, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., Joe’s Crab Shack, Brenner’s Steakhouse, Mitchell’s Steakhouse, The Palm and more. The company is known for operating full-service concepts across the fine and casual-dining spectrum.

Tilman Fertitta’s move into restaurants began in 1980, when he was a partner in the first Landry’s Seafood Restaurant in Katy, Texas. A year later he partnered to open Willie G’s Seafood & Steaks. In 1986, he took control of both and Landry’s Inc. began to grow. In 1993, Fertitta took the company public with 11 restaurants, and he began to acquire brands, vastly growing the company’s portfolio over the next 25 years to include hotels and casinos, and later the sports team the Houston Rockets. Fertitta took the company private again in 2010 in a $1.4 billion leveraged buyout. In 2021, Fertitta’s Landcadia Holdings was tied to a series of publicly traded blank-check companies created for special purpose acquisitions.

Headquarters: Houston

Segment: full service

Restaurant segment: casual dining

CEO: Tilman Fertitta

Parent: Landcadia Holdings II Inc.