Miriam Farbstein, the widow of late casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson is a mother of five. She shares her children with her late husband and former spouse.
American-Israeli physician Miriam Adelson is the widow of Sheldon Adelson, the former CEO and chairman of casino company Las Vegas Sands, who died at 87 in 2021.
When her husband died in 2021, his surviving family led by matriarch, Miriam, now owned more than half of the New York Stock Exchange-listed gambling empire, which has casinos in Singapore and Macao.
Per Forbes, Miriam and Sheldon Adelson donated $180 million to Republican campaigns and political action committees in 2020 as GOP megadonors.
The publication adds that in February 2022, Las Vegas Sands sold its assets on the Vegas Strip, the Venetian Resort, and the Sands Expo and Convention Center, to Apollo Global and VICI Properties for $6.25 billion.
In November 2023, news broke that the Las Vegas casino magnate is in serious discussions to purchase a majority stake in the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks from current owner Mark Cuban.
The move would send shockwaves throughout the sports world as the Adelson family enters the realm of NBA ownership.
Following this extravagant deal, which will see the Adelson family own the majority share in the NBA team, many want to know more about her children and late husband. Here’s every detail about the billionaire’s personal life.
Who are Miriam Adelson’s children?
Fifth world richest woman in the world, Miriam Adelson is a mother of 5.
She has three daughters and two sons and shares them with both her late and ex-husbands.
The names of his kids are Sivan Dumont, Yasmin Lukatz, Adam, and Matan Adelson.
She has two daughters from her previous marriage to her former husband, Ariel Ochshorn.
She and Adelson also have two sons, Adam and Matan.
What is known about Miriam Adelson’s marriages?
Medical doctor Miriam Adelson has been married twice in her lifetime. Currently, she is a widow.
The names of her late and ex-spouses are Sheldon Adelson and Tel Aviv physician, Dr. Ariel Ochshorn.
She had her first marriage to Ochshorn in her late 20s.
She married Ochshorn, with whom she had two children. Miri divorced Ochshorn in the 1980s after years of marriage.
After 11 years, she found new love in the former CEO of Las Vegas Sands, Sheldon Adelson. The duo met on a blind date while studying at Rockefeller University.
Sheldon and Miriam got married in 1991, in Jerusalem. At the time she was 46 years old and he was 58.
The pair lived peacefully and established an empire before his passing in November 2023.
Before the casino billionaire died, they were parents of two sons.
Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson was also married before meeting Miriam. In the 1970s, Sheldon lived in Massachusetts with his first wife, Sandra, and her three children, Mitchell, Gary, and Shelley, whom Sheldon adopted when they were young. The couple divorced in 1988.
Miriam is a grandmother who has more than 10 grandkids.
Who is Miriam Adelson?
Miriam Adelson (real name: Miriam Ochshorn Adelson) is famous as the spouse of late billionaire Sheldon Adelson.
By profession, Miriam Adelson is a physician born on October 10, 1945, in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Growing up, Miriam went on to receive her bachelor’s degree in microbiology and genetics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
She later went on to get her medical degree at Tel Aviv University’s Sackler Medical School.
In 1986, Miriam went to work as a physical with a concentration in drug addiction at Rockefeller University.
She went on to marry Sheldon Adelson — CEO of the large casino company Las Vegas Sands.
As she continued to dedicate her studies to her research, Miriam went on to open the Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Research Clinic in Las Vegas.
She is credited with influencing Sheldon’s political views on Israel and served as one of the finance vice-chairs for the inauguration of Donald Trump.
After Sheldon Adelson died in 2021, she became the owner of the casino company Las Vegas Sands, which he had founded.
She is currently the majority owner of Las Vegas Sands, which she runs along with her family.
What is Miriam Adelson’s net worth?
Adelson and her family have an estimated net worth of $32.3 billion, according to Forbes − making her the fifth-richest woman in the world.
She is the majority shareholder in Las Vegas Sands Corporation, the world’s largest casino operator with facilities in Singapore and Macao. The company sold its assets on the Las Vegas Strip − including the Venetian Resort and the Sands Expo and Convention Center − in February 2022 for $6.25 billion, according to Forbes.