Sheldon adelson biography las vegas
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A look at Sheldon Adelson's life and influence on Las Vegas and beyond
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Sheldon Adelson was born in Aug. 4, , and grew up in Boston. His father's family was of Ukrainian Jewish and Lithuanian Jewish ancestry and his mother immigrated from England.
He started his business career at the age of 12 when he began selling newspapers in Boston. At the time of his death, he was the owner of the largest newspaper in Nevada, Las Vegas Review-Journal.
During his younger years, he tried his hand at many businesses and was a millionaire at a young age.
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In the s, he and his partners developed the COMDEX trade show, which became the premier trade show for the computer industry in the ‘80s and ‘90s. At its peak, more than , people would attend the trade show in Las Vegas every year and it established Las Vegas as the city for conventions. It also paved the way for the Consumer Electronics Show, which later b
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Sheldon Adelson
American businessman (–)
Sheldon Gary Adelson (August 4, &#;– January 11, ) was an American businessman, investor, and political donor. 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 [2] He owned the Israeli daily newspaper Israel Hayom, the Israeli weekly newspaper Makor Rishon, and the American daily newspaper the Las Vegas Review-Journal.[3][4]
Adelson created the Adelson Foundation in , a private charity focusing on healthcare and support of Israel and the Jewish people. He was a major contributor to Republican Party candidates[5][6] and was often dubbed a "kingmaker" due to the size and frequency of his donations.[7][8] He was Do
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Sheldon and Miriam Adelson
Sheldon G. Adelson was Chairman of the Board and principal owner of the Las Vegas Sands Corp., the parent company of the Sands, The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada and the Venetian Macao Limited in Macao, China. He also owned the Israeli daily newspaper Israel Hayom and the American daily newspaper Las Vegas Review-Journal. Adelson was one of the richest men in the world. He was a major contributor to the Republican Party and a philanthropist who late in life contributed tens of millions of dollars to Israeli institutions and pro-Israel organizations.
Adelson was born on August 4, , to Jewish Ukrainian immigrants, grew up in the poor Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. His father was a taxi driver and his mother ran a knitting store.
He started his business career at the age of 12, when he borrowed $ from his uncle and purchased a license to sell newspapers in Boston. At 16, he borrowed $10, from his uncle t