24 Sheldon Adelson
Chairman and CEO, Las Vegas Sands. Sheldon Adelson and partners developedComputer Dealer’s Exhibition (COMDEX), one of the largest trade shows in Las Vegas.
He sold the company to Japan’s Softbank for $860 million in 1995, and used the money to finance his purchase of the Sands Casino.
He demolished that, and built the Venetian Casino Resort and the Sands Expo Convention Center in its place. In 2015, he bought Nevada’s largest newspaper.
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However, he is ranked as the 21th-richest men in the world, with an estimated net worth of $35.1 billion.
