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US, Trump appoints billionaire Fertitta as ambassador to Italy

Fertitta, born 57 years ago in Galveston, Texas, is the owner of the Houston Rockets basketball team, and his name as the new ambassador to Rome had already been circulating

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Donald Trump has appointed businessman Tilman J. Fertitta as the new ambassador to Italy.

Fertitta, born 57 years ago in Galveston, Texas, is the owner of the Houston Rockets basketball team, and his name as the new ambassador to Rome had already been circulating. He is also a hospitality-entertainment entrepreneur and TV personality.

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In 2023, Forbes estimated his fortune at $8.4 billion. Fortune ranks him 260th on the list of the richest people. Of Sicilian descent, his father Vic owned a seafood restaurant and after school Fertitta used to help peel shrimp. His career spans hotels, restaurants, casinos and amusement parks.

He was also a star on the reality show Billion Dollar Buyer on Cnbc. In 2017 he bought the Rockets (Houston's Nba team) for $2.2 billion.

Married twice, he had four children by his first wife. In the past he has donated in a bipartisan way, to Democrats and Republicans, from the Clintons to the Bushes.

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In 2020 he contributed $140,000 to Donald Trump's campaign and $5,600 to Joe Biden's. He is a close friend of Dem senator-astronaut Mark Kelly.

Trump appoints Attorney General Pam Bondi chief of staff

Donald Trump has also appointed Chad Mizelle as chief of staff to Attorney General Pam Bondi. The president-elect announced this on Truth. Described as a 'Maga warrior' by the tycoon, during his first term he served as general counsel and chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security, 'where he helped protect our border and stop the flow of illegal drugs and aliens into our country'.

Trump also appointed Stephen Miran as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. Miran was senior economic policy adviser at the Treasury Department during Trump's first term.

"Steve will work with the rest of my economic team to deliver a great economic boom that will lift all Americans," stressed the tycoon, who in recent hours announced other appointments: David Fink as director of the Federal Railroad Administration and Aaron Reitz as head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Policy.

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