Miriam Adelson is the 5th richest woman in the world and she also holds the 33rd position in the world’s richest person list. Many of us are interested in the lives of celebrities. 

And according to today’s society if you got money that means you are indeed a celebrity. It’s easy to find information about the richest men in the world but many people don’t know who are the richest women in the world. 

According to many leading magazines, Miriam is the 5th richest woman in the world and that makes her life interesting for us. So let’s find out a lot of interesting facts about her, lifestyle, career, personal life, and net worth. 

Biography

Miriam Adelson is the widow of let Sheldon Adelson, who is also the former CEO of the Casino and resort company Sands Las Vegas. Miriam is an Israeli-American by birth and by profession she is a physician, and after her marriage, she becomes a political donor, and casino heiress. 

Right now Miriam owns more than half of Las Vegas Sands and became a billionaire overnight. She inherited all her property from her late husband and after his death, she became the 5th richest woman in the whole world at the age of 73. Let’s find out interesting facts about her life.  

Early Life

Miriam Farbstein was born on 10 October in 1945 in Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine. Her parents fled from Poland since they were Polish refugees. 

After her grandparents and relatives died in the Holocaust, her parents went to the Middle East and settled there. Her parents settled in Haifa, Israel, and started the business of a chain of movie theaters. 

Education

Miriam Adelson completed her schooling in Tel Aviv. She has a degree in Microbiology and Genetics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She then got her medical degree from the Sackler Medical School at Tel Aviv University. 

Medical Career

Miriam started his medical career at Tel Aviv’s Rokach (Hadassah) Hospital where she joined as a physician and eventually became the chief internist. 

After divorcing her first husband she joined Rockefeller University in 1986 as an associate physician she worked with famous neurobiologist Mary Jeanne Kreek on drug addiction. Then she founded one clinic in America and Israel to reduce drug addiction. 

Personal Life

After receiving her medical degree she married a physician Ariel Ochshorn. She had two children from her first marriage but she got divorced during the 1980s. After the divorce, he moved to New York City and got a job at Rockefeller University in 1986. 

There she upskilled herself in drug addiction and then in 1989 she met Sheldon Adelson on a blind date. After that, they started dating since both of them are divorced and have children from their previous marriage though Sheldon has 3 adopted kids. And in 1991 they finally got married and now Miriam has 5 children altogether. 

Lifestyle

Las Vegas Sands is the world’s largest casino operator generating more than 4 billion dollars annually. Miriam Adelson is the owner of 56.7 percent of the business. She lives a luxurious life but she is also known for her charity work. Miriam received honorary citizenship of Jerusalem in 2013. 

In 2008 the couple was awarded the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the Smithsonian Institution. Miriam was a supporter of drug addiction research and that’s why she founded 2 clinics one in the US and one in Israel.

Donation

Miriam and Sheldon have a strong connection with Donald Trump because they were supporters of him during his time as a president and even before that. Sheldon and Miriam made donations of 93 million dollars to Republicans in 2012. 

They also donated $82.58 in 2016 and $123.25 in 2018. Miriam Adelson received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Donald Trump in 2018. According to some reports they donated around 200 million dollars in the Republic party fund during the 2020 election. 

Net Worth

After the death of Sheldon Adelson in 2021, Miriam Adelson inherited all the property of her husband and entered both the richest woman and richest person in the world list. According to the sources she owns almost 56.7 percent of her husband’s resort and casino company Las Vegas Sands. 

Many leading magazines stated that her net worth is around 36.7 billion dollars. And this casino & resort business produces almost 4 billion dollars every year. The stock prices of Las Vegas Sands are always high and it benefits Miriam and makes her even richer. She also owns properties worth millions. 

Assets

It is quite obvious that the 5th richest woman in the world would have a million worth of properties. Sheldon and Miriam bought a property in 2005 with 4.1 million dollars in Las Vegas. And then they build a 43,500 square foot palatial mansion on that 2-acre land. 

That mansion has 8 bedrooms and 20 bathrooms including its private water park in the backyard. Their mansion is the largest private residence in Clark County, Nevada. Today that property is worth millions of dollars. 

Over many years of their marriage, they bought many properties in the ultra-exclusive gated Malibu Colony and now they have around 10 percent of all the homes that are built in that colony. 

Conclusion

Here is all the information and interesting facts about Miriam Adelson who is currently the 5th richest woman in the entire world. She inherited all the money from her husband after his death.

Some people are born rich, some become rich with all the hard work they do in their entire lives, and some people get rich through marriage. Miriam is one of those people. Hope you enjoyed the article. 

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