The Life and Career of Miriam Adelson
Miriam Adelson is an American and Israeli doctor, philanthropist, and political donor. She was married to Sheldon Adelson from 1991 to his death in 2021.
Following his death, she acquired the Las Vegas Sands and is now projected to be the sixth richest woman in America, with a net worth of $32.8 billion as of November 2023. She is the world’s richest Israeli and the 42nd richest person, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, while Forbes ranks her 44th.
Who is Miriam Adelson?
Miriam Adelson was born Miriam Farbstein in Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine, in 1945, to parents who had escaped Poland before the Holocaust. Her father was a prominent member of Israel’s left-wing political party, Mapam. Adelson’s family moved to Haifa in the 1950s, where her father owned and operated multiple movie houses.
She attended Hebrew Reali School for 12 years. She completed her required army service as a medical officer at Ness Ziona. After completing a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology and Genetics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, she went on to acquire a medical degree from Tel Aviv University Faculty of Medicine, graduating magna cum laude.
Miriam Adelson Age
How old is Miriam Adelson? She is currently 78 years old.
Miriam Adelson Career
Miriam became a physician and, finally, the chief internist in the emergency room at Tel Aviv’s Rokach (Hadassah) Hospital. After divorcing her first spouse, she enrolled at Rockefeller University in 1986 as an associate physician specializing in drug addiction. She was mentored there and later collaborated for two decades with Mary Jeanne Kreek, who was well-known for developing methadone therapy for heroin addiction.
In 1993, she established a substance misuse treatment and research clinic. She and her husband established the Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Research Clinic in Las Vegas seven years later. Throughout her career, she has produced multiple scientific publications on drug addiction and serves as a guest investigator at Rockefeller University.
Miriam Adelson Net Worth
How much is Miriam Adelson’s net worth? The renowned Medical Doctor is estimated to be worth 31.5 billion USD.
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