Miriam Adelson

Miriam Adelson
מרים אדלסון
Adelson in 2023
Born
Miriam Farbstein

(1945-10-10) 10 October 1945
Nationality
  • American
  • Israeli
EducationHebrew University of Jerusalem (BS)
Tel Aviv University (MD)
Spouses
Ariel Ochshorn
(div. 1986)
(m. 1991; died 2021)
Children4, including Matan
Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom (2018)
Smithsonian Institution's Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship (2008)
Doctor Honoris Causa by Tel Aviv University (2007)

Miriam Adelson (Hebrew: מרים אדלסון) is an Israeli-American physician, businesswoman, philanthropist, and conservative political donor. She was married to Sheldon Adelson until his death in 2021.

In 2025, her net worth was US$29.5 billion.[2] In 2024, she was the 58th richest person in the world. She is the current publisher of Israel Hayom and, with her family, owns the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Since the 2010s, Adelson has been one of the Republican Party's largest individual donors and has been a well known donor to President Donald Trump.[3]

Adelson is known for pushing lawmakers for pro-Israel policies.[4]

Trump awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018.

References

  1. Binkley, Christina (7 January 2019). "Meet Dr Miriam Adelson: the record-breaking Republican donor driving Trump's Israel policy". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  2. "Miriam Adelson & family". Forbes. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  3. "Top Contributors, federal election data for Donald Trump, 2024 cycle". OpenSecrets. Retrieved 2025-04-08.
  4. Slyomovics, Nettanel (2024-06-03). "Trump Is Desperate for Miriam Adelson's Cash. Her Condition: West Bank Annexation". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 23 August 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-04.

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