Trump Taj Mahal<\/a> to Hard Rock Resorts. But Icahn, who lies at number 55 with an estimated $16.6 billion doesn\u2019t really count, as he made his his money in investing.<\/p>\nLui Che Woo of Galaxy Entertainment is next on the list (110th – $12.1 billion), followed by the Novomatic Group\u2019s Johan Graff. Other notables include former PokerStars owner Mark Scheinberg (367th – $4.5 billion), Bet365\u2019s Denise Coates (522nd – $3.6 billion) and Steve Wynn (814th – $2.5 billion).<\/p>\n
Forbes said it was a \u201crecord year for the richest people on earth,\u201d with the number of billionaires jumping 13 percent to 2,043 from 1,810 last year. It was the first time in history that the number of billionaires in the world exceeded 2,000, while their total net worth rose by 18 percent to $7.67 trillion.<\/p>\n
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Sheldon Adelson is once again the gambling industry\u2019s top billionaire, according to the 2017 Forbes Billionaires List, published this week, as he has been for some time. The Las Vegas Sands Corp Chairman and CEO is, in fact, the 20th richest person on the planet, with an estimated net worth of $30.4 billion. The\u00a0Forbes\u00a0Billionaires List […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":47274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,10,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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