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Sheldon Gary Adelson (1933–2021) was an American entrepreneur, financier, and businessperson who worked in the gambling industry. Born in Boston, he attended City College of New York and served in the United States Army. He resided in Las Vegas and was employed by Las Vegas Sands. Adelson owned Las Vegas Sands, the Sands Hotel and Casino, and the newspaper Israel Hayom. He was a member of both the Republican Party and the Democratic Party in the United States.
Adelson was married to Miriam Adelson and had five children. He spoke English and held United States citizenship. His net worth was listed as 35,100,000,000. He died on January 11, 2021.
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5 total works indexed
- A Global Measure of Perceived Stress
· 1983 · cited 25,802x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,964x
- Stress, social support, and the buffering hypothesis.
· 1985 · cited 15,257x
- Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,659x
- THE SEVENTH DATA RELEASE OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY
· 2009 · cited 4,691x
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Quotes
- “[to the Iranians] You want to be wiped out? [...] Go ahead and take a tough position and continue with your nuclear development. You want to be peaceful? Just reverse it all, and we will guarantee you that you can have a nuclear power plant for electricity purposes, energy purposes.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Sheldon Gary Adelson , ( 1933-08-04 ) August 4, 1933, Boston , Massachusetts, U.S.
- Died
- January 11, 2021 (2021-01-11) (aged 87), Malibu, California , U.S.
- Resting place
- Mount of Olives , Jerusalem
- Education
- City College of New York
- Occupations
- Founder, Chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands
- Political party
- Democratic (before 1996) Republican (1996–2021)
- Spouses
- Sandra (1970s–1988) Miriam Farbstein ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1991 )
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Sheldon Adelson
Sheldon Adelson is #19 on Forbes' 2020 Forbes 400 list. Read more about Sheldon Adelson, their experience, their asset summary, and more here.
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Encyclopedic overview
Sheldon Gary Adelson (August 4, 1933 – January 11, 2021) was an American businessman, investor, and political donor. He was the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corporation, which founded the Marina Bay Sands luxury resort in Singapore, and the parent company of Venetian Macao Limited, which operated The Venetian Las Vegas and the Sands Expo and Convention Center. He owned the Israeli free daily newspaper Israel Hayom, the Israeli weekly newspaper Makor Rishon, and the American daily newspaper the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Adelson created the Adelson Foundation in 2007, a private charity focusing on healthcare and support of Israel and the Jewish people. He was a major contributor to Republican Party candidates and was often dubbed a "kingmaker" due to the size and frequency of his donations. He was Donald Trump's largest donor in 2016 and 2020, providing the largest donation to Trump's 2016 campaign, his presidential inauguration, his defense fund against the Mueller investigation into Russian interference, and his 2020 campaign. He was also a major backer of Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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