New York – Jewish-American tycoon Sheldon Adelson saw his already massive fortune jump by $15 billion in 2013, putting him atop Forbes annual list of biggest gainers.
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Adelson is the chief executive of Las Vegas Sands and owner of Israeli daily Israel Hayom, as well as the chief benefactor of Taglit-Birthright.
According to the Forbes report, he saw his fortune jump by 68 percent in 2013, and is now worth more than $37 billion.
“Put another way, his fortune grew by a staggering $41 million a day,” Forbes reported.
Adelson’s casinos in Macau and Singapore were his main earners in 2013.
Another Jewish billionaire, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg also had a good 2013 financially, placing second on Forbes list.
Zuckerberg’s fortune more than doubled in 2013, reaching nearly $26, according to Forbes.
Rounding out the top 5, were Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, American tycoon Warren Buffet, who bought full control of Israeli metalworking company Iscar in May, and Christy Walton, of Walmart.
Content is provided courtesy of the Jerusalem Post
Gambling and harlotry in Macao, a man deserving praise for his filthy endavavour
Sheldon is that nice man who gives money to politicians expecting nothing in return.
The more you give the more you make !!
I have always worked really hard just to get by and earn a simple living. Yet I, and I assume most people, are thrilled that wealthy people have mega bucks and wish them only more mazal etc. They should continue to be blessed and quadruple their fortunes annually.
So, I don’t understand WHY IS THIS A STORY? It stands to reason that the wealthy may/will continue to get more wealthy. As we were told, you need to have $$$ to make $$$, and they have plenty. Good for them!
It seems to me that the media is trying hard to create class envy, and I despise that. This is what the Mayer-Elect ran on, the income ‘disparity’, and it is DISGUSTING. I am all for helping the poor, and I may be in that class myself, but that has nothing to do with ‘wealthy people’ or ‘income disparity’. If there is a need to raise taxes on the wealthy, so be it. Introduce a bill and let our appointed officials vote it in..but don’t use talk about ‘income disparity’… Unfortunately, the overwhelming majority of New Yorkers voted for this… Can’t be too surprised, since the majority of the USA voted for Obama, not once but twice. 🙁
So the rich get richer and the poor get poorer…. turns out Obama’s not a very good “Socialist” after all.