Editing Sandra Bullock (section)

===Business ventures===
Bullock owns the production company [[Fortis Films]], through which she has served as a producer for several of her [[star vehicles]], including ''Hope Floats'' (1998), ''Miss Congeniality'' (2000), ''Two Weeks Notice'' (2002) and ''Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous'' (2005), as well as for the sitcom ''[[George Lopez (TV series)|George Lopez]]'' (2002–2007).<ref>{{cite web|last=Kuehner-Hebert|first=Katie|date=March 10, 2010|title=And the Award for Best Entrepreneur Goes to Sandra Bullock|url=http://upstart.bizjournals.com/news/wire/2010/03/10/and-the-award-for-best-entrepreneur-goes-to-sandra-bullock.html?page=all|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329091313/http://upstart.bizjournals.com/news/wire/2010/03/10/and-the-award-for-best-entrepreneur-goes-to-sandra-bullock.html?page=all|archive-date=March 29, 2014|access-date=August 30, 2013|website=[[The Business Journals]]}}</ref> Her father, John Bullock, was the company's CEO<ref>{{cite web|title=Sandra Bullock|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800018970/bio|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061130082742/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800018970/bio|archive-date=November 30, 2006|access-date=February 5, 2007|website=[[Yahoo!]]}}</ref> and her sister, Gesine Bullock-Prado, is the former president.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Wethington|first=Jessica|date=March 7, 2001|title=Fortis fortifies future deals: Bullock's prod'n co. a 'learning experience'|url=https://variety.com/2001/film/news/fortis-fortifies-future-deals-1117794813/|magazine=Variety|access-date=October 18, 2014}}</ref> The company is headquartered in [[Austin, Texas]] and [[West Hollywood, California]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Fortis Films – SI-COMPLETE (05/01/2014) |url=https://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/Document/RetrievePDF?Id=01782154-17761669 |website=[[Secretary of State of California]] |access-date=September 15, 2021 |date=May 1, 2014 |archive-date=September 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915220601/https://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/Document/RetrievePDF?Id=01782154-17761669 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In November 2006, Bullock founded an Austin, Texas, restaurant named Bess Bistro which was located on West 6th Street.<ref>{{cite news|date=July 25, 2013|title=Drop in Sandra Bullock's Austin Restaurants|website=Bristol Square|url=http://bristolsquare.myaptportal.com/around-town/drop-in-sandra-bullocks-austin-restaurants/|url-status=dead|access-date=August 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805072157/http://bristolsquare.myaptportal.com/around-town/drop-in-sandra-bullocks-austin-restaurants/|archive-date=August 5, 2013}}</ref> She later opened another business, Walton's Fancy and Staple, across the street in a building she extensively renovated. Walton's is a bakery, upscale restaurant, and floral shop that also offers services including event planning.<ref>{{cite news|last=Thornberry|first=Kate|date=July 17, 2009|title=Restaurant Review: Walton's Fancy and Staple|newspaper=[[The Austin Chronicle]]|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/food/2009-07-17/waltons-fancy-and-staple/|access-date=August 30, 2013}}</ref> After almost nine years in business, Bess Bistro closed on September 20, 2015.<ref name="Raney 2015">{{cite web | last=Raney | first=Nicole | title=Sandra Bullock's popular downtown Austin bistro closing its doors | website=CultureMap Austin | date=8 Sep 2015 | url=https://austin.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/09-08-15-bess-bistro-closing-sandra-bullock-west-sixth-september-2015/ | access-date=23 Feb 2023}}</ref>