This Is The Richest Person In Nevada, Here’s How They Made Billions

The richest person in Nevada has made a fortune from the gaming industry. She's a doctor specializing in addiction treatment, and she was poised to be one of the biggest donors in this year's presidential election.

Who is the richest person in Nevada? Well, it's Miriam Adelson and the family.

According to Forbes, Miriam Adelson's current net worth is $28 billion. Forbes published a list of each state's richest billionaires, and Miriam is one of the most wealthy.

Miriam Adelson is known for being the wife of mega-casino owner Sheldon Adelson -- perhaps one of the most well-recognized names in the hospitality industry. Sheldon was the founder of the Las Vegas Sands Corp. A powerhouse when it comes to Las Vegas and international resorts.

"Sheldon G. Adelson, a cabdriver’s son who built the world’s largest empire of casinos and resort hotels in Las Vegas, Macau, Singapore and other gambling meccas," The New York Times reported.

After Sheldon died in 2021 at 87 years old, Miriam Adelson became the driver behind the behemoth of the Las Vegas Sands Corp.

"She (Miriam Adelson) and her family now own more than half of the New York Stock Exchange-listed gambling empire, which has casinos in Singapore and Macao," Forbes reports.

According to a report from The Guardian, Miriam's story starts in the former British Mandate of Palestine. She was born in Tel Aviv and worked as a medical research officer in the Israel Defense Forces. She studied at Rockefeller University in 1986 and actually worked with the main researcher who discovered methadone. She was also married before meeting one of the richest men in America.

According to The Guardian, Miriam met Sheldon on a blind date after Sheldon said to a friend that "he’d like to date an Israeli woman."

After Sheldon's death, she continues to make powerhouse business ventures and prolific political and philanthropic donations.

In 2023, Adelson sold $2 billion in Las Vegas Sands stock. The proceeds from the sale were used to purchase the Dallas Mavericks

"The Mavericks are owned by billionaire Miriam Adelson, a physician who is the widow of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, and Sivan and Patrick Dumont, Adelson’s daughter and son-in-law," NBC's Dallas affiliate reported.

Along with owning the Mavs and continuing the Las Vegas Sands empire and name, Miriam Adelson is still the medical director for the Dr. Miriam & Sheldon G Adelson Clinic for Drug Abuse Treatment & Research Inc, the website states.

The clinic offers services for teens, pregnant women and other members of the Las Vegas community. The Adelsons founded the clinic in 2000, according to the website.

"Dr. Miriam Adelson is a leading physician and expert in drug addiction," the clinic's website says. "Wanting to help the community where she resides, she founded, sponsors and manages two major drug abuse treatment and research centers, one in Las Vegas and one in Tel Aviv, Israel."

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With summer in full swing, the temperatures are getting hot, but these new titles coming to streaming in July 2024 are even hotter.

Streaming giant Netflix has a few new seasons of beloved series dropping on the streamer this month, as well as a new show. Fans of Vikings will see the third and final season of Vikings: Valhalla, due to drop on July 11th. The saga continues with Harald Sigurdsson (Leo Suter), Leif Eriksson (Sam Corlett), and Freydís Eiríksdóttir (Frida Gustavsson). Although it’s the final season, fans will also meet two new characters: Maniakes (Florian Munteanu), a fearless Byzantine general who answers only to the Emir, and Erik the Red (Goran Višnjić), Leif and Freydís’ father. The historical fiction series, which premiered in 2021, follows how tension arises between the Vikings and the English in the early 11th century, inspired by characters in Norse mythology.

A week later, Cobra Kai drops Season 6, divided into three parts to complete the series. On July 18th, the first five episodes of part one will be released all at once. Cobra Kai is based on the 1984 film series The Karate Kid. Original Karate Kid Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) continues the story from when he first arrived in the Valley in 1984 to the present day, where he’s helped influence a new generation of underdog heroes, formed unlikely alliances, and honored the lessons of his sensei, Mr. Miyagi, in a dojo of his own.

For reality TV lovers, Too Hot to Handle will premiere Season 6 on Netflix on July 19th. The reality dating competition encourages single participants to leave their lives of mingling and flings behind in exchange for committed relationships, offering a maximum prize pot of $250,000 for a couple who can form a strong emotional bond and lay the foundations for a successful relationship.

A new dark comedy titled The Decameron premieres on Netflix on July 25th. Loosely inspired by the iconic short story collection of the same name, the series examines the all-too-timely theme of class struggles in the season of a pandemic as a cast of misfits tries to outlast the bubonic plague pandemic in 1348 Florence. The Decameron stars Tony Hale as Sirisco, Zosia Mamet as Pampinea, Saoirse Monica-Jackson as Misia, Tanya Reynolds as Licisca, Karan Gill as Panfilo, and more.

Netflix doesn't have all the notable titles, as AppleTV+ has quite a few new series premiering on their roster for July. Thriller series Sunny stars Rashida Jones living in Kyoto, Japan, whose life is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash. As a consolation, she is given Sunny, one of a new class of domestic robots made by her husband's electronics company. The series premieres on July 10th. The next day, in the sci-fi coming-of-age family series Me, a 12-year-old kid named Ben (Lucian-River Chauhan), who is in the throes of middle school, adjusts to a newly blended family and the realization that he has superpowers.

Over on Hulu, the streamer has returning seasons of popular television series dropping in July. First, reality competition Claim to Fame returns for Season 3 on July 10th. Co-hosted by siblings Kevin and Frankie Jonas, the series challenges 12 celebrity relatives to step outside their famous family members' shadows and live together under one roof, concealing their identities and lineage in the quest for their own fame and fortune. They compete in challenges, form alliances, and play DNA detective in hopes of avoiding elimination and winning the coveted $100,000 prize. The long-running adult animated series Futurama returns for the 12th season on July 29th. The show initially aired in 1999.

Detective Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) is back on the beat in Beverly Hills. After his daughter’s life is threatened, she (Taylour Paige) and Foley team up with a new partner (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and old pals Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and John Taggart (John Ashton) to turn up the heat and uncover a conspiracy. Streams on Netlix on July 3rd.

Max snags another A24 film, this time with the thriller crime starring Kristen Stewart as Lou, a reclusive gym manager who falls hard for Jackie (Katy M. O'Brian), an ambitious bodybuilder who's heading to Las Vegas to pursue her dream. Their love soon leads to violence as they get pulled deep into the web of Lou's criminal family. Ed Harris and Dave Franco are also in the cast. The film drops on Max on July 19th.

Coming off a flop album and his biggest hit's dwindling popularity, aging rock star John Allman (Harry Connick Jr.) decides to take a break from his career to reclaim his spark. He moves to an isolated cliffside home on the idyllic Mediterranean island of Cyprus. His dream of keeping a low profile is derailed when he is routinely confronted by desperate souls and later faced with even more complicated surprises when an old flame reignites. Also starring Agni Scott, Ali Fumiko Whitney, Tony Demetriou, Angeliki Filipidou, Lea Maleni, Athina Roditou and Clarence Smith. Comes to Netflix on July 19th.