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Sheldon Adelson

AKA Sheldon Gary Adelson

Born: Aug-1933

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Party Affiliation: Republican

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: World's 19th richest man, 2005

Military service: US Army

Sheldon Adelson created the highly profitable Las Vegas computer tradeshow COMDEX in 1979 and sold out 16 years later. With that money he bought the Sands Hotel, and then built the Venetian Resort. Net worth $28B (Forbes 2007).

Wife: Miriam Ochshorn (physician, m. 1991)
Son: Adam Arthur Adelson (b. 1997)
Son: Matan Sarel Adelson

    University: City University of New York

    Americans for a Republican Majority
    Bush-Cheney '04
    Every Republican is Crucial PAC
    Freedom's Watch
    Friends of Roy Blunt
    John McCain 2008
    McCain 2000
    National Republican Congressional Committee
    National Republican Senatorial Committee
    Republican Jewish Coalition Board of Directors
    Santorum 2006
    Searchlight Leadership Fund
    Tom Delay Congressional Committee
    US Holocaust Memorial Museum Council member
    Bush Pioneer 2004
    Lithuanian Ancestry
    Jewish Ancestry


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