Miriam Adelson | |
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Born | Miriam Farbstein 10 October 1945 |
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Education | Hebrew University of Jerusalem (BS) Tel Aviv University (MD) |
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Children | 5 |
Awards | Presidential Medal of Freedom (2018) Smithsonian Institution's Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship (2008) Doctor Honoris Causa by Tel Aviv University (2007) |
Miriam Adelson (née Farbstein; born 10 October 1945) is an Israeli-American physician and political donor. She was married to Sheldon Adelson from 1991 until his death in 2021. After his death, she became the owner of the Las Vegas Sands and as of August 2024, is estimated to be the fifth richest woman in America with a net worth of $28.2 billion.[2] Adelson is the richest Israeli in the world and the 52nd richest person in the world according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, while Forbes places her as the 65th.[3][4][5]
She is the current publisher of the newspaper Israel Hayom and, with her family, owns the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Adelson is the majority owner of the Dallas Mavericks with her son-in-law Patrick Dumont.
Adelson is a political megadonor to the Republican Party and one of the largest supporters of Donald Trump, who awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018.[6] Adelson has been a major donor to Trump's presidential campaigns, as well as his 2017 presidential inauguration and his legal defense fund against the Mueller investigation into Russian interference.