Miriam Adelson

Miriam Adelson
Adelson in 2023
Born
Miriam Farbstein

(1945-10-10) 10 October 1945 (age 79)
Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine[1]
Nationality
  • American
  • Israeli
EducationHebrew University of Jerusalem (BS)
Tel Aviv University (MD)
Spouses
Ariel Ochshorn
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(div. 1980)​
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(m. 1991; died 2021)​
Children5, including Matan
Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom (2018)
Smithsonian Institution's Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship (2008)
Doctor Honoris Causa by Tel Aviv University (2007)

Miriam Adelson (née Farbstein; born 10 October 1945) is an Israeli-American physician, businesswoman, and political donor.

She and her husband Sheldon Adelson, to whom she was married from 1991 until his death in 2021, became philanthropists through the Adelson Foundation, giving hundreds of millions of dollars to Jewish and Israel causes. Miriam Adelson is one of the largest supporters of Donald Trump, who awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018. Adelson has been a major donor to Trump's presidential campaigns, as well as his 2017 presidential inauguration and his legal defense fund against the Mueller investigation into Russian interference.

After her husband's death, Miriam became the owner of the Las Vegas Sands. She is the current publisher of the newspaper Israel Hayom and, with her family, owns the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Adelson is also the majority owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team with her son-in-law Patrick Dumont. As of August 2024, she is estimated to be the richest Israeli in the world and the fifth richest woman in America, with a net worth of US$30 billion.[2][3][4][5]

As per Forbes list of The Richest People In The World, dated 8 March 2024, Miriam Adelson is ranked #53 with a net worth of $32 Billion.[6]

  1. ^ Binkley, Christina (7 January 2019). "Meet Dr Miriam Adelson: the record-breaking Republican donor driving Trump's Israel policy". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  2. ^ Denham, Jemima. "America's Richest Women 2023". Forbes.
  3. ^ "30 Israelis make Forbes 2022 billionaires list, led by Miriam Adelson | The Times of Israel". The Times of Israel.
  4. ^ "Bloomberg Billionaires Index". Bloomberg. 22 May 2024 – via www.bloomberg.com.
  5. ^ "Miriam Adelson & family". Forbes.
  6. ^ "The Richest People In The World".