Sheldon Gary Adelson (August 4, 1933 – January 11, 2021) was an American businessman, investor, and political donor.

Feb 6, 2012 · Projects like Adelson’s support for the highly unsuitable Gingrich is only one among a mountain of panicky strategies to keep at bay an anachronistic Zionism and severely weakened support for Israel among Diaspora Jews.

May 3, 2018 · In July 2010 Adelson, a U.S. citizen, told an Israeli group that he regretted that he had worn an American army uniform rather than an Israeli one. He noted that his wife and daughter had served in the Israeli army, and hoped that his son would become an Israeli sniper.

Jan 12, 2021 · Adelson was a college drop-out who joined the US Army before finding work as a court stenographer on Wall Street. That job opened doors to the world of finance and his first real...

Jan 21, 2025 · Sheldon Adelson, American hotel-casino owner, newspaper publisher, and political contributor who earned an immense fortune from casinos in Las Vegas and Macau, enabling him to support conservative political causes on a large scale in the United States and Israel.

Jan 12, 2021 · More than anyone else, Adelson can claim credit for transforming the GOP into a party devoted to bolstering Israel’s military occupation and its expansion of West Bank settlements.

Apr 19, 1998 · He was in the U.S. Army from the 1950s to the 1960s. In the 1960s and 1970s Adelson was involved in many different businesses in Boston and New York, including mortgage brokering, investment, travel, real estate, and magazines.

Dec 10, 2020 · Finding his way, Sheldon Adelson went to trade school to become a court reporter, and still only a few years separated from high school joined the United States Army, where he functioned as a stenographer in military courtrooms.

Jan 13, 2021 · Adelson next served in the U.S. Army during the Korean war and, upon discharge, began his business career by selling toiletry kits and windshield de-icing chemicals; he then moved on to running...

Jan 12, 2021 · He was an American patriot: a U.S. Army veteran who gave generously to wounded warriors and, wherever he could, looked to the advancement of these great United States. He was the proudest of Jews, who saw in the State of Israel not only the realization of an historical promise to a unique and deserving people, but also a gift from the Almighty ...