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Miriam Adelson (née Farbstein ; born 10 October 1945) is an American and Israeli physician and billionaire. After her marriage to the founder of Las Vegas Sands Corporation Sheldon Adelson in 1991, she became a donor to conservative political causes in the United States and Israel. The Adelsons donated to the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign, his presidential inauguration, his defense fund against the Mueller investigation into Russian interference and the 2020 campaign.
She is the current publisher of the newspaper Israel Hayom. She is also a voting member on the board of trustees at the University of Southern California.
Miriam and Sheldon Adelson were presented with the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the Smithsonian Institution in 2008. In 2013, she received honorary citizenship of Jerusalem. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Donald Trump in 2018.
As of June 2021, Adelson is the 44th-richest person, fifth-richest woman, and richest Israeli in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$29.6 billion according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index through her majority ownership of Las Vegas Sands. In the spring of 2023, Forbes estimated her family fortune at $36 billion and ranked her the fifth-richest woman.
