Christopher Palmeri –

<p>- Net worth: $32.6 billion
- Source of wealth: casinos
- Age: 87
- Country/territory: United States</p>

<p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-sheldon-adelson-billionaire-casino-mogul-megamansion-trump-2019-5#in-april-2019-the-casino-mogul-made-22-billion-in-one-week-thanks-to-his-property-in-macau-18">Sheldon Adelson</a> is the majority shareholder, chief executive, and chairman of Las Vegas Sands, which has casinos in Singapore, Macao, China, and Las Vegas. He grew up in a tenement in Boston, where his father was a taxi driver. One of his first business successes was the launch of a popular technology and computer trade show in Las Vegas, which he and his partners sold, with other shows, for $862 million. He bought the Sands Casino & Hotel in Las Vegas in 1989, demolished it, and built the <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/miriam-adelson">lavish Venetian hotel and casino complex.</a> He has been a very public <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/08/trump-antagonizes-sheldon-adelson-phone-call-392688">supporter of President Donald Trump</a>, pouring millions of dollars into his election efforts.</p>

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