Mattress Mack

Founder, Gallery Furniture

Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale is the founder and owner of Gallery Furniture in Houston. He and his wife Linda opened the store in 1981 with $5,000, building it into one of Texas’s best-known independent furniture retailers. He is widely recognized for his energetic television commercials and for opening his stores to shelter and feed Houstonians during disasters including Hurricane Harvey and Winter Storm Uri. He attended the University of Texas and the University of North Texas.