1933 - 2021
Sheldon Gary Adelson (; August 4, 1933 – January 11, 2021) was an American businessman, investor, political donor, and philanthropist. He was the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corporation, which owns the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, and the parent company of Venetian Macao Limited, which operates The Venetian Las Vegas and the Sands Expo and Convention Center. He owned the Israeli daily newspaper Israel Hayom, the Israeli weekly newspaper Makor Rishon, and the American daily newspaper the Las Vegas Review-Journal.Adelson created the Adelson Foundation in 2007. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sheldon Adelson has received more than 3,131,715 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Sheldon Adelson is the 158th most popular businessperson (down from 155th in 2019), the 1,916th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,983rd in 2019) and the 55th most popular American Businessperson.
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Among businesspeople, Sheldon Adelson ranks 158 out of 604. Before him are Karl Albrecht, Thomas J. Watson, Josep Maria Bartomeu, Ron Dennis, Rebiya Kadeer, and Roger Ailes. After him are Jack Daniel, Fusajiro Yamauchi, John DeLorean, Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, Carl Laemmle, and Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
1920 - 2014
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 152
1874 - 1956
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 153
1963 - Present
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 154
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 155
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 156
1940 - 2017
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 157
1933 - 2021
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 158
1850 - 1911
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 159
1859 - 1940
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 160
1925 - 2005
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 161
1908 - 1967
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 162
1867 - 1939
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 163
1963 - Present
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 164
Among people born in 1933, Sheldon Adelson ranks 105. Before him are Bata Živojinović, Ilia II of Georgia, Yuri Oganessian, Juan Marsé, Donald E. Westlake, and The Singing Nun. After him are Luis Bacalov, Elem Klimov, Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Wayne Shorter, Narriman Sadek, and Maurice André. Among people deceased in 2021, Sheldon Adelson ranks 3. Before him are Martinus J. G. Veltman and Phil Spector. After him are Tanya Roberts, Michael Apted, Marion Ramsey, Henri Schwery, Carlos do Carmo, Eusébio Scheid, Vassilis Alexakis, Colin Bell, and Gimax.
1933 - 2016
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 99
1933 - Present
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 100
1933 - Present
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 101
1933 - 2020
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 102
1933 - 2008
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 103
1933 - 1985
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 104
1933 - 2021
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 105
1933 - 2017
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 106
1933 - 2003
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 107
1933 - 1999
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 108
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 109
1933 - 2005
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 110
1933 - 2012
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 111
1931 - 2021
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 1
1939 - 2021
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 2
1933 - 2021
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 3
1955 - 2021
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 4
1941 - 2021
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 5
1947 - 2021
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 6
1932 - 2021
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 7
1939 - 2021
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 8
1932 - 2021
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 9
1943 - 2021
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 10
1946 - 2021
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 11
1938 - 2021
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Sheldon Adelson ranks 1,916 out of 15,968. Before him are Jeffrey Dean Morgan (1966), Linda Lee Cadwell (1945), Roger Ailes (1940), Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930), Andrew Garfield (1983), and Ken Norton (1943). After him are Jack Daniel (1850), Dorothy Vaughan (1910), Kelly Bishop (1944), Alex Jones (1974), David Letterman (1947), and Eleanor Parker (1922).
1966 - Present
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 1,910
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 1,911
1940 - 2017
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 1,912
1930 - 1999
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 1,913
1983 - Present
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 1,914
1943 - 2013
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 1,915
1933 - 2021
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 1,916
1850 - 1911
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 1,917
1910 - 2008
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 1,918
1944 - Present
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 1,919
1974 - Present
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 1,920
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 1,921
1922 - 2013
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 1,922
Among businesspeople born in United States, Sheldon Adelson ranks 55. Before him are Phil Knight (1938), Jack Welch (1935), Martha Stewart (1941), Asa Griggs Candler (1851), Thomas J. Watson (1874), and Roger Ailes (1940). After him are Jack Daniel (1850), John DeLorean (1925), Larry Silverstein (1931), David Packard (1912), Henry J. Heinz (1844), and Chris Gardner (1954).
1938 - Present
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 49
1935 - 2020
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 50
1941 - Present
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 51
1851 - 1929
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 52
1874 - 1956
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 53
1940 - 2017
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 54
1933 - 2021
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 55
1850 - 1911
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 56
1925 - 2005
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 57
1931 - Present
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 58
1912 - 1996
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 59
1844 - 1919
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 60
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 61