What is Sheldon Adelson?
{{Infobox person | name = Sheldon Adelson | image = Sheldon Adelson crop.jpg | caption = Adelson in June 2010 | birth_name = Sheldon Gary Adelson | birth_date = {{birth date|1933|8|4}} | birth_place = [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|1|11|1933|8|4}} | death_place = [[Malibu, California]], U.S. | death_cause = Problems caused by [[non-Hodgkin's lymphoma]] | alma_mater = [[City College of New York]] | occupation = Founder, Chairman and CEO of [[Las Vegas Sands]] | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = {{ubl|Sandra Adelson (divorced)|{{Marriage|Miriam Ochsorn|1991}}}} | children = 5 }} '''Sheldon Gary Adelson''' (pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|d|ə|l|s|ə|n}}; August 4, 1933 &ndash; January 11, 2021) was an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He was the founder, chairman and [[chief executive officer]] of [[Las Vegas Sands]] Corporation, which owns the [[Marina Bay Sands]] in [[Singapore]]. Adelson also owned the [[The Venetian (Las Vegas)|Venetian Resort Hotel Casino]] and the [[Sands Expo and Convention Center]]. He also owned the Israeli daily newspaper ''[[Israel Hayom]]'' and the American daily newspaper ''[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]''.<ref>{{cite news| last =Primack| first =Dan| title =Yes, Sheldon Adelson Bought The Las Vegas Review-Journal| newspaper =[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]| date =December 16, 2015| url =http://fortune.com/2015/12/16/sheldon-adelson-bought-the-las-vegas-review-tribune/| access-date =December 16, 2015| url-status =live| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20151216212151/http://fortune.com/2015/12/16/sheldon-adelson-bought-the-las-vegas-review-tribune/| archive-date =December 16, 2015| df =mdy-all}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], and made the largest single donation ever to an incoming president's inauguratio