Houston furniture store owner Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale, 68, at Club Westside tennis and fitness club Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, that he owns with his wife, Linda McIngvale. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
Mattress Mackattended a high school in Dallas, Texas and was a student at the University of Texas as well as, the University of North Texas where he played on the football team both in 1969-1970 and 1972-1973. After this, Mattress Mackworked at a convenience store but he got fired from his job.
Going To The Mattresses: Houston business owner Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale put nearly $10 million on the Bengals to upset the Los Angeles Ram during Super Bowl LVI.
What is Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale's net worth? McIngvale's net worth is estimated to be $300million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. In 2021, he bet $3.25million on the Houston Astros winning the World Series, but lost out on a $35.6 payday when the team lost to the Atlanta Braves, according to CBS Sports.
"Mattress Mack" is the nickname of Houston-area businessman Jim McIngvale. The 71-year-old founded Gallery Furniture in 1981 and turned it into one of Houston's largest furniture stores. McIngvale became a local-area icon after starring in a commercial for Gallery Furniture in 1983.
71 years (February 11, 1951)Jim McIngvale / Age
Jim McIngvale, also known as Mattress Mack, is an American businessman who has a net worth of $300 million. He is best known as the owner and operator of the Houston-based Gallery Furniture chain.
“Mack truly loves Aggies, and we love him.” Mays Dean Jerry Strawser said any recognition the college can give McIngvale will fall short of what he deserves. “This guy simply makes the city of Houston and the state of Texas a better place,” he said.
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He graduated in 1969 from Dallas’ Bishop Lynch High School, where football is played in McIngvale Stadium, named for his father. That's young Jim McIngvale on the right.
In Mattress Mack’s book, “Always Think Big” he readily admits you would not be too impressed with his charitable giving in his younger years.
Mattress Mack would often see parents lugging a kicking and screaming child around the store. The parents were frustrated, and the kids were bored to tears.
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Everyone wants to join the shiny new health club. Initial success at each location was quick.
Guess who his biggest supporter is now? His former boss! His original mentor. Furniture business question? Advice is a phone call away. Loyalty can go a long way.
Jim was banking on a $100,000 investment from a local angel investor, but ultimately was denied at the last minute.
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Linda McIngvale, who runs the health and fitness facility Club Westside and is married to Mattress Mack, is explaining how she helped facilitate the safe transfer of India the tiger to Houston authorities over the weekend. The tiger disappeared for a week after it was first spotted roaming a west Houston yard last Sunday in ...
What has unfolded since sounds like nothing short of a movie. The suspected owner of the tiger, Victor Cuevas, is facing charges for a 2017 murder in Fort Bend County, but is now back in jail on a $300,000 bond.
Two hospitalizations at the Menninger Clinic, first in Kansas and later after it moved to Houston, and outpatient therapy have helped McIngvale cope with her illness.
The most effective treatment for her and most other OCD patients, McIngvale said, is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy that involves compelling patients to repeat behaviors their obsessions tell them to avoid, such as touching a doorknob so many times that the actions lose their power to create fear.
Origin of ‘Mattress Mack’. Jim McIngvale earned the moniker “Mattress Mack” from wearing mattresses on wacky television commercials. He credits those commercials with saving his Gallery Furniture business in the early 1980s in Houston. McIngvale said he was inspired by another Texas pitchman.
A member of the University of Texas football teams that won back-to-back national titles in 1969 and 1970, McIngvale and his new bride moved to Houston in 1981 to open his own furniture store with $5,000 and a pickup truck.
Houston furniture store owner Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale, 68, finishes a phone call upon arriving at one of his stores Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. The Gallery Furniture owner lost $13 million betting on Houston Astros to win the World Series.
Matkins hedged, and won $1,500 on the Washington Nationals in Game 7. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto. Houston furniture store owner Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale, 68, shows betting tickets at Club Westside tennis and fitness clubTuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, that he owns with his wife, Linda McIngvale.