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April 24, 2024

3 things you don’t know about Sheldon Adelson

Sheldon Adelson

Julie Jacobson / AP

In this Friday, April 5, 2013, file photo, Las Vegas Sands Corp. CEO Sheldon Adelson testifies in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas.

Sheldon Adelson, may be best known for committing $100 million to Republican presidential candidates in 2012, but he has also built strong bridges to Democrats. That's one of several surprises that emerged this week about the man Forbes Magazine calculates is the ninth wealthiest person on the planet. Here are three things that have emerged in the last couple days that you may not have know about Adelson:

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