He attended trade school in a failed attempt to become a court reporter, then joined the army. He attended the City College of New York, but did not graduate. In 1948, at the age of 15, he borrowed $10,000 (equivalent to $121,801 in 2022) from his uncle to start a candy vending-machine business. He began his business career at the age of 12 when he borrowed $200 from his uncle (equivalent to $3,251 in 2022) and purchased a license to sell newspapers in Boston.

His father was a taxi driver, and his mother ran a knitting shop.

His mother emigrated from England, and Adelson said that his grandfather was a Welsh coal miner. His father's family was of Ukrainian Jewish and Lithuanian Jewish ancestry. Early life Īdelson was born on August 4, 1933, and grew up in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, the son of Sarah (née Tonkin) and Arthur Adelson. In 2020, Forbes listed his net worth as US$29.8 billion. He was also a major backer of Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He and his wife Miriam Adelson were Donald Trump's largest donors, providing the largest donation to Trump's 2016 campaign, his presidential inauguration, his defense fund against the Mueller investigation into Russian interference, and the 2020 campaign. He was a major contributor to Republican Party candidates and was often dubbed a ' kingmaker' due to the size and frequency of his donations. Īdelson created the Adelson Foundation in 2007, a private charity focusing on healthcare and support of Israel and the Jewish people. He owned the Israeli daily newspaper Israel Hayom, the Israeli weekly newspaper Makor Rishon, and the American daily newspaper the Las Vegas Review-Journal. He was the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corporation, which owns the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, and the parent company of Venetian Macao Limited, which operated The Venetian Las Vegas and the Sands Expo and Convention Center before selling the properties in early 2022. Sheldon Gary Adelson ( / ˈ æ d ə l s ə n/ August 4, 1933 – January 11, 2021) was an Israeli-American businessman, investor, political donor, and philanthropist.

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