President Trump invests millions into sushi brand with 7 North Texas locations
Financial documents released for the first quarter of 2026 revealed that President Donald Trump invested millions of dollars in Kura Sushi Inc., a global chain that has seven restaurants in North Texas.
Kura Sushi originated in Japan and came to the U.S. in 2009. It is now the nation’s largest conveyor belt sushi chain. In 2022, the brand launched food and drink delivery robots from RobotLAB, a robotic solutions company with headquarters in Southlake.
Kura’s North Texas locations are in Carrollton, Denton, Euless, Fort Worth, Frisco, McKinney and Plano. And, according to state licensing documents, a $1.5 million location is planned for the Arlington Highlands.
This investment raised eyebrows from some, as Trump once said “I’m not going to eat any [expletive] raw fish,” on a 1990 visit to Japan. It was also the only restaurant-related investment listed on the document, according to Fox Business.
However, though his signature is on the federal stock disclosure document, a spokesperson for the Trump administration told NOTUS that Trump’s investments are “maintained exclusively through fully discretionary accounts independently managed by third-party financial institutions with sole and exclusive authority over all investment decisions.”
This specific investment was also noted as “solicited” which means the investment recommendation came from a financial advisor.
Users on X also speculated that Trump and his team may have meant to purchase Fujikura, a Tokyo-based electrical equipment manufacturing company, instead of Kura Sushi Inc.
Whether or not this was a mistake, Trump’s $1 million to $5 million investment in Kura on Feb. 2 has caused the sushi restaurant’s stock to surge more than five percent, per a report from Bloomberg.