| Sheldon Adelson AKA Sheldon Gary Adelson Born: 1-Aug-1933
Birthplace: Dorchester, MA
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Las Vegas billionaire 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 $15B (Forbes 2008, down from $28B the previous year). Wife: Sandra (div. 1988)
Wife: Miriam Ochshorn (physician, m. 1991)
Son: Adam Arthur Adelson (b. 1997)
Son: Matan Sarel Adelson
Son: Mitchell (d. 2005 drug overdose)
Son: Gary
University: City University of New York (dropped out)
Las Vegas Sands Corporation Owner (1988-)
Israel HaYom Owner (2007-)
Americans for a Republican Majority
Bush-Cheney '04
Cantor for Congress
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
Newt 2012
Republican Jewish Coalition Board of Directors
Restore Our Future
Santorum 2006
Searchlight Leadership Fund
Tom Delay Congressional Committee
US Holocaust Memorial Museum Council member
Winning Our Future $5 million (2012)
Bush Pioneer 2004
Lithuanian Ancestry Paternal
Ukrainian Ancestry Maternal
Jewish Ancestry
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