Portrait of Miriam Adelson & family

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Miriam Adelson & family

Net worth $35.3B

Casinos · United States

Born
Oct 10, 1945
Age
80
Source
Casinos
Residence
Las Vegas, Nevada
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Widowed
Children
5
Education
Bachelor of Science, Hebrew University Jerusalem

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Miriam Adelson is the widow of Sheldon Adelson, the founder and former chairman and CEO of casino company Las Vegas Sands, who died at age 87 in 2021.
  • She and her family now own more than half of the New York Stock Exchange-listed gambling empire, which has casinos in Singapore and Macao.
  • In 2022, Las Vegas Sands sold its assets on the Vegas Strip, the Venetian Resort and the Sands Expo and Convention Center, to Apollo Global and Vici Properties for $6.25 billion.
  • Adelson bought a majority stake in the Dallas Mavericks NBA team from billionaire Mark Cuban in 2023.
  • Long known as a GOP megadonor, both alongside her late husband and after his death, Adelson is a top backer of Donald Trump.
  • Born in Israel, Adelson became a medical doctor focusing on addiction.
  • Miriam and Sheldon Adelson founded the Sheldon G. Adelson Research Clinic in Las Vegas, which treats people for opioid use disorder.

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