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      • Sheldon Adelson made his money in the casino industry. He made his mark on American history as one of the most influential funders of the modern US conservative movement. Adelson operated behind the scenes, but any Republican politician with ambition for higher office knew his name - and knew his largess could be the key to success.
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  2. On September 23, 2016, Adelson announced a $25 million donation to Trump's presidential campaign, as part of a $65 million donation to the Republican electoral campaign for 2016. This rendered Adelson by far the biggest donor in either party (Republicans or Democrats) in the 2016 election cycle. [ 14 ]

  3. www.forbes.com › profile › sheldon-adelsonSheldon Adelson - Forbes

    Sep 8, 2020 · Adelson made his first fortune organizing a computer trade show, Comdex, which he sold to Softbank in 1995 for some $862 million.

  4. Jan 13, 2021 · Adelson first started making big money in trade shows. He launched COMDEX, a technology trade show in Las Vegas, with partners in 1979. People line up for taxis at COMDEX in 1995.

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  5. Sheldon Adelson’s journey from humble beginnings in Boston to becoming the mastermind behind a global casino empire is a story of vision, ambition, and unpar...

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  6. Sep 18, 2024 · Sheldon Adelson, American hotel-casino owner, newspaper publisher, and political contributor who earned an immense fortune from casinos in Las Vegas and Macau, enabling him to support conservative political causes on a large scale in the United States and Israel.

  7. Jan 19, 2021 · His Las Vegas Sands shares crashed with it. Rumors floated that his businesses were on the edge of bankruptcy. In the biggest bet of his life, he committed his remaining $3 billion worth of...

  8. Jul 16, 2012 · Internal email and company documents, disclosed here for the first time, show that Adelson instructed a top executive to pay about $700,000 in legal fees to Leonel Alves, a Macau legislator...

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