Adelson was worth upwards of $40 billion just a few short months ago. Shares of Las Vegas Sands, however, have gone from $74 in January, to $48.13 at the close of trading yesterday \u2013 a 35 percent decline.<\/p>\n
The 22 casino billionaires are collectively worth $96.9 billion. That’s down from $125.3 billion a year ago.<\/p>\n
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At $96.9 billion, the 22 casino magnates are $16.1 billion poorer than Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest person with a net worth of $113 billion. Microsoft founder Bill Gates is next at $98 billion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The United States is home to the most billionaires with 614, followed by China (including Hong Kong and Macau) at 456.<\/p>\n
Forbes <\/i>keeps a daily real-time net worth of all 2,095 billionaires. With Sands stock up today, Adelson’s fortune as of April 9 stands at $31 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sheldon Adelson, the founder and chairman of Las Vegas Sands, remains the world’s richest casino billionaire, his estimated net worth at $26.8 billion. The 86-year-old casino tycoon possesses more than half of the Sands empire. The company owns and operates The Venetian and Palazzo on the Las Vegas Strip and was the first to develop […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":132612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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