Early in the morning today after fire destroyed his huge furniture warehouse on the North Freeway and millions of dollars worth of furniture inside it, Jim McIngvale was hard at work at his other ...

While he's a household name for Houstonians, folks not from around here may wonder what's the story behind Jim McIngvale, the Houston furniture tycoon also known as "Mattress Mack." Long before ...

In his own words, Mattress Mack is a huckster, a self-promoter, a man born “under the astrological sign of P.T. Barnum.” In the words of his wife and daughter, Jim McIngvale — the man behind the TV ...

Gallery Furniture owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale plans to use surplus space in his biggest stores for community centers aimed at providing job skills to area residents. “In this age of retailing, ...