Sheldon Adelson

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billionaire businessperson casino magnate human political donor

Sheldon Adelson was an American billionaire casino magnate and political donor best known for building the Las Vegas Sands empire and exerting significant influence in U.S. and Israeli politics.

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Label Occurrences
Sheldon Adelson canonical 3
Sheldon Gary Adelson 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf billionaire ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ
casino magnate ⓘ
human ⓘ
political donor ⓘ
background grew up in a poor immigrant family in Boston ⓘ
birthDate 1933-08-04 ⓘ
birthPlace Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
causeOfDeath complications related to non-Hodgkin lymphoma ⓘ
coFounded Adelson Family Foundation ⓘ
Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Medical Research Foundation ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 2021-01-11 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish American ⓘ
familyName Adelson ⓘ
founded Las Vegas Sands ⓘ
surface form: Las Vegas Sands Corporation
fullName Sheldon Adelson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sheldon Gary Adelson
givenName Sheldon ⓘ
knownFor influence on U.S. Middle East policy debates ⓘ
large contributions to Republican candidates and causes ⓘ
netWorth approximately 35 billion USD (2018, Forbes) ⓘ
notableFor founding and leading Las Vegas Sands Corporation ⓘ
major political donations in the United States ⓘ
support for pro-Israel causes ⓘ
numberOfChildren 5 ⓘ
occupation businessman ⓘ
investor ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
owned Israel Hayom (Israeli newspaper) ⓘ
Marina Bay Sands ⓘ
surface form: Marina Bay Sands (Singapore)

Sands Bethlehem (later Wind Creek Bethlehem) ⓘ
Sands Macao ⓘ
The Venetian Las Vegas ⓘ
surface form: The Palazzo (Las Vegas)

The Venetian Las Vegas ⓘ
The Venetian Macao ⓘ
parentalOccupation taxi driver (father) ⓘ
philanthropicFocus Jewish and Israeli institutions ⓘ
education ⓘ
medical research ⓘ
politicalAlignment Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
positionHeld chairman of Las Vegas Sands Corporation ⓘ
chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corporation ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Las Vegas, Nevada ⓘ
surface form: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
spouse Miriam Adelson ⓘ
Sandra Adelson ⓘ
supportedPolitician Benjamin Netanyahu ⓘ
Donald Trump ⓘ
Newt Gingrich (as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives) ⓘ
surface form: Newt Gingrich

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Sands China → keyPerson → Sheldon Adelson ⓘ
subject surface form: Sands China Ltd.
Las Vegas Sands → foundedBy → Sheldon Adelson ⓘ
Las Vegas Sands → hasKeyPerson → Sheldon Adelson ⓘ
Sheldon Adelson → fullName → Sheldon Adelson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sheldon Gary Adelson