Who is Miriam Adelson?
Miriam Adelson is the physician and businesswoman who is the majority shareholder of Las Vegas Sands, the casino resort company her late husband Sheldon Adelson built. Forbes valued her and her family at $37.5 billion on its 2026 World’s Billionaires list, published on 10 March 2026, which ranks her 56th in the world and first in Israel 12.
How did Miriam Adelson make her money?
She inherited it. Sheldon Adelson died on 11 January 2021 at 87, and Miriam took over his stake in Las Vegas Sands. SEC filings made public in June 2021 showed her controlling about 52.2% of the company, roughly 399 million shares 45. In November 2023 she held 56% and announced a secondary offering of about $2 billion in shares, about 10% of her stake, to fund the purchase of a majority interest in a sports franchise 6.
Early life and education
Miriam Farbstein was born on 10 October 1945 in Tel Aviv, and her family settled in Haifa in the 1950s. She earned a bachelor’s degree in microbiology and genetics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a medical degree, magna cum laude, at Tel Aviv University 3.
Medicine, Las Vegas Sands and the Mavericks
She became chief internist in the emergency room at Rokach Hospital in Tel Aviv and in 1986 joined Rockefeller University as an associate physician specialising in drug addiction. She opened the first Adelson Clinic in Israel in 1993 and a Las Vegas clinic in 2000. In December 2023 she and her son-in-law Patrick Dumont bought a controlling interest in the Dallas Mavericks, and the two families hold 69% of the team. She has been publisher of the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom since 2018 34. Read Miriam Adelson’s companies.
Family
She met Sheldon Adelson on a blind date in 1989 and married him in 1991. She has two daughters from her first marriage and two sons with Sheldon 3. See Miriam Adelson’s family.
Miriam Adelson net worth
Forbes put her at $37.5 billion in March 2026, about ₹3.5 lakh crore at ₹94 to the dollar, up from $32.1 billion in 2025 17. See Miriam Adelson net worth and our ranking of the wealthiest women in the world.