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Miriam Adelson net worth 2026

A file on what they are worth, where the money comes from, what government pays their holdings, and what they spend on politics.

Net worth
$35B
Forbes · as of 2026-07
File · Money Read

What the money shows

Miriam Adelson is listed at $35.1B in net worth. The loaded public-record file ties $46.4M to federal contracts, lobbying, PAC money, or personal political giving. Personal political giving accounts for $45.5M in the accepted FEC records. The entity file includes $0 in contracts, $872,500 in lobbying, and $0 in PAC money. The largest recipient committee on file is SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND across 3 recipient committees.

Sources: USAspending · Senate LDA · FEC

Incomplete FEC data

The personal-giving data is not complete. Totals on this page may be understated until every FEC filing can be checked.

  • held Schedule A receipts cover only ingested super PAC committees and only contributions of $50,000 or more; other personal giving may be missing
Who they are

Background

Miriam Adelson is an Israeli-American physician and the widow of casino owner Sheldon Adelson, who died in 2021. She inherited control of a large stake in Las Vegas Sands, one of the world's biggest casino companies, and owns the Dallas Mavericks basketball team. She also publishes the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom and, with her family, the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

For more, read their Wikipedia page →
The chain
Miriam Adelson
David Azagury / U.S. Embassy Jerusalem · CC BY 2.0
  1. The person
    Miriam Adelson
    Net worth Forbes, 2026-07
    $35B
  2. controls
    Las Vegas Sands
    1 company or fund with federal or lobbying records
  3. spends on politics
    Personal giving, lobbying
    See the lobby register →
    $16M
  4. money goes to
    SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND · WIN IT BACK PAC
    2 recipient committees
    See the donor register →
    $15M
  5. spent against
    Elissa SlotkinD
    SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND spent against $32M
    See the member's file →
  6. spent against
    Tammy BaldwinD
    SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND spent against $22M
    See the member's file →
  7. spent against
    Ruben GallegoD
    WIN IT BACK PAC spent against $15M
    See the member's file →
  8. spent against
    Jacky RosenD
    WIN IT BACK PAC spent against $12M
    See the member's file →

Gold is money coming in from government. Green is money spent to support a candidate, red to oppose one. Purple is other money going out to politics. Each step links to the file it came from.

Curated source

Net worth

Forbes lists Miriam Adelson at $35B as of 2026-07.

Controlled holdings and entities

Where it came from

  • Las Vegas Sands
FEC and Senate LDA

What they spend on politics

Personal political giving
derived · FEC Schedule A · all cycles
$15M
Lobbying through holdings
derived · Senate LDA · 2025 cycle
$873K
Recipient committees, all cycles

Who they have backed

  • SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND
    2024-09-20 · 2 gifts · C00571703
    $15M
  • WIN IT BACK PAC
    2024-11-01 · 1 gift · C00844613
    $250K