Miriam Adelson: The Story Behind the Fortune
Miriam Adelson is a physician and the widow of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson. She controls the family's majority stake in Las Vegas Sands and is one of the largest political donors in the United States.
Miriam Adelson is a physician and the widow of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson. She controls the family's majority stake in Las Vegas Sands and is one of the largest political donors in the United States.
Miriam Adelson inherited the foundation of this fortune and has stewarded it since.
She studied at Tel Aviv University (MD) and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
A few of the highlights on the public record: A physician who has specialized in addiction treatment; Controls the family's majority stake in Las Vegas Sands; Part of the ownership group of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks.
The fortune shows up across our lists, too: #8 on The World's Richest Women (out of 11 tracked).
On net worth alone, the closest companies are Elon Musk ($417.59B) and Michael Dell ($324.48B) — a reminder of how tightly bunched the very top of the wealth list really is.
Today, Miriam is worth an estimated $23.68B — #32 in the world on our real-time list, a figure that moves with LVS's share price.