Adelson vs Nadar

Las Vegas Sands and HCLTech.

The differences

Forbes puts Miriam Adelson about $0.5B ahead of Shiv Nadar.Forbes figures from 9 Oct 2026 and 16 Oct 2026.
Miriam Adelson: through marriage. Shiv Nadar: co-founded it.
Miriam Adelson is from United States; Shiv Nadar is from India.

Put someone else on either side

Adelson

Nadar

Net worth, Forbes: $31BForbes, 9 Oct 2026; $30.5BForbes, 16 Oct 2026
Net worth, Bloomberg: Not stated; $32.8BBloomberg, 12 Oct 2026
Forbes rank: No. 71Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026; No. 73Real-Time list, 16 Oct 2026
Billionaire since: Not stated; 2006Earliest Forbes list in the cited sources: No. 168 on the 2006 World's Richest People with $4.0 billion; an earlier listing isn't ruled out

How it started: Through marriageWidow of Sheldon Adelson, who founded Las Vegas Sands and died in 2021; she and her family own more than half of the company; Co-founded itCo-founded HCL in a garage in 1976 with five friends to make calculators and microprocessors
Main source: Las Vegas Sands stockBloomberg: her biggest asset is a half-stake in Las Vegas Sands; it also counts the Dallas Mavericks and cash; HCLTech stock held through family promoter companiesBloomberg: the majority of his fortune is held in HCL Technologies; the family also has a majority of HCL Infosystems
Companies: Las Vegas SandsLas Vegas Sands: Majority shareholder with her family; HCLTechHCLTech: Founder; chairman emeritus and strategic advisor to the board
Biggest stake: Las Vegas Sands52.7% owned; HCLTech0.00003% owned

Born: 10 Oct 1945Tel Aviv, then British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel); 14 Jul 1945Moolaipozhi, Tamil Nadu, India
Country: United StatesLives in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States; IndiaLives in Delhi, India
Education: Graduate degreeMD, Tel Aviv University's Sackler Faculty of Medicine; BSc in microbiology and genetics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Bachelor's degreeElectrical engineering degree, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore
Parents: Her parents left Poland in the 1930s; her father, Simcha Farbstein, joined a kibbutz before the family settled in Haifa; Born in Moolaipozhi village, Tamil Nadu; lost his father early

Giving Pledge: Not a signer; Not a signer
Foundation: Adelson Family FoundationEstablished in 2007 by Miriam and Sheldon Adelson; Shiv Nadar FoundationEstablished in 1994
Lifetime giving: Not stated; $1.1BForbes, 30 Sep 2026. Forbes: donated to the Shiv Nadar Foundation; Bloomberg says the foundation has spent about $1.75 billion since 1994

Role now: OwnerMajority shareholder of Las Vegas Sands and the Dallas Mavericks with her family; publisher of Israel Hayom; Founder, no executive roleChairman emeritus and strategic advisor to the board of HCLTech
Successor: Her son-in-law Patrick Dumont became chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands on 1 March 2026; His daughter Roshni Nadar Malhotra chairs HCLTech and the HCL Group (since July 2020); C Vijayakumar is CEO and managing director; son-in-law Shikhar Malhotra is a director of HCL Corporation and vice chairman and CEO of HCL Healthcare
Public office: None found; None found
Legal record: None found; None found