Sheldon Gary Adelson (born August 1, 1933) is an American billionaire businessman. He is a property developer and public company CEO based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Adelson is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Las Vegas Sands Corp., the parent company of Venetian Macao Limited which operates The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino and the Sands Expo and Convention Center. Adelson vastly increased his net worth upon the initial public offering of L...
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Sheldon Gary Adelson (born August 1, 1933) is an American billionaire businessman. He is a property developer and public company CEO based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Adelson is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Las Vegas Sands Corp., the parent company of Venetian Macao Limited which operates The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino and the Sands Expo and Convention Center. Adelson vastly increased his net worth upon the initial public offering of Las Vegas Sands in December 2004 by selling just 10% of the shares. At its peak, Adelson's estimated wealth was of US$26.5 bn, making him the third richest person in the United States according to Forbes for both 2007 and 2008. In the 2009 list, his ranking dropped to #178 with a net worth of US$3.4 bn .
Adelson's parents were Jewish. His mother's family emigrated to the United States from Ukraine; his father's family came from Lithuania. Adelson was born and grew up in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, a rough-and-tumble...
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