Dan Friedkin

owner and ceo, The Friedkin Group

$7.59B

as of 10/04/24

About Dan Friedkin

Dan Friedkin owns Gulf States Toyota, which sold $11 billion worth of Toyotas in 2023.

The company, based in Houston, has exclusive rights to distribute Toyota vehicles in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma.

His father Thomas, who started the business in 1969, died in March 2017.

Through The Friedkin Group, he also owns luxury hospitality management firm Auberge Resorts, which has properties in Aspen and Cabo San Lucas.

His film production studio produced "Flowers Of The Killer Moon," a 2023 Martin Scorsese drama.

In September 2024, The Friedkin Group entered a deal to buy fellow billionaire Farhad Moshiri's majority stake in Everton Football Club, the English soccer team.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United States of America

Source of wealth

Toyota dealerships

Residence

Houston, Texas

Marital status

Married

Birth date

02/27/65 (age 59)

Number of children

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, Georgetown University; Master of Business Administration, Rice University

Self-made

inherited and growing

Dan Friedkin’s fortune is worth

126K

troy ounces of gold

117K

median U.S. household

76K

median U.S. income

0.152%

U.S. credit card volume

0.03%

GDP of the United States

0.022%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

His Friedkin Conservation Trust is working to preserve more than 6 million acres in Tanzania.