United StatesThrough marriage
Miriam Adelson
Miriam Adelson is a physician and the widow of Las Vegas Sands founder Sheldon Adelson; her family's fortune is its majority stake in the casino company and in the Dallas Mavericks.
- Forbes estimate
- $31B
- Forbes, 9 Oct 2026
- Forbes rank
- No. 71
- 9 Oct 2026
- Stake in Las Vegas Sands
- 52.7%
- Net worth, Bloomberg
- Not stated
- Born
- 10 Oct 1945
- Tel Aviv, then British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel)
- Education
- Graduate degree
- MD, Tel Aviv University's Sackler Faculty of Medicine; BSc in microbiology and genetics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Giving Pledge
- Not a signer
Where the fortune sits
Las Vegas Sands stock
Las Vegas Sands
casinos and resorts, founded 1989
341,442,911 of 647,701,184 shares outstanding; with Irwin Chafetz the reporting group holds 59.7%
Schedule 13D/A, 11 Aug 2026
Majority shareholder with her family
Other holdings
Dallas Mavericks
Majority stake bought by the Adelson and Dumont families from Mark Cuban in December 2023
Israel Hayom
The Adelson family owns the company that is its primary shareholder; she is its publisher
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Owned by the Adelson family, per the paper in 2018
Where Miriam stands among 73
Everyone on the site, grouped by their answer. Miriam Adelson is outlined.
How the fortune started
Through marriage
Through marriage 5
Founded it 42
Inherited and grew it 12
Built it up 8
Inherited it 6
Industry
Casinos and resorts
Casinos and resorts 1
Technology 24
Finance 10
Several industries 9
Metals and mining 6
Retail 4
Fashion and beauty 4
Media 3
Food and drink 3
Shipping 3
Crypto 2
Oil, gas and chemicals 2
Healthcare 1
Property and sports 1
Giving Pledge
Not a signer
Not a signer 61
Signed 11
Not stated 1
Education
Graduate degree
Graduate degree 24
Bachelor's degree 27
Left university without a degree 6
No university 5
Not stated 11
Role today
Chair, board or owner
Chair, board or owner 25
Runs the company 32
Founder, no executive role 8
No role 4
Retired 4
The person
- Born
- 10 Oct 1945Tel Aviv, then British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel)
- Citizenship
- United States
- Lives in
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Education
- Graduate degreeMD, Tel Aviv University's Sackler Faculty of Medicine; BSc in microbiology and genetics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Parents
- Her parents left Poland in the 1930s; her father, Simcha Farbstein, joined a kibbutz before the family settled in Haifa
What they give
- Giving Pledge
- Not a signer
- Foundation
- Adelson Family FoundationEstablished in 2007 by Miriam and Sheldon Adelson
- Lifetime giving
- Not stated
Role and record
- Role now
- OwnerMajority shareholder of Las Vegas Sands and the Dallas Mavericks with her family; publisher of Israel Hayom
- Successor
- Her son-in-law Patrick Dumont became chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands on 1 March 2026
- Public office
- None found
- Legal record
- None found
