Jimmy Hahn, courtesy Rick's Cabaret International Inc.
Eric Langan
Company: Rick's Cabaret (RICK)
Products and services: Gentlemen's clubs
With annual revenue of $75.2 million, Rick's Cabaret is the largest publicly traded strip-club company in the U.S. One of the most profitable of the 22 clubs operated by the company is in midtown Manhattan: Rick's Cabaret NYC, named the No. 1 strip club in the city by Playboy last year. Langan, the CEO, got his start after reportedly falling in love with a stripper and then selling his baseball card collection to buy his first club. He took the company public in 1995.




























