@coldjoint,
And to think if it weren't specifically for President Obama, he'd be a bankrupt right now.
Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/38069266@N05/4347847853/sizes/m/in/photostream/">the7eye.org.il</a>/Flickr
Adelson, for his part, is unabashed about his support for Gingrich. “I have my own philosophy and I’m not ashamed of it,” he says. “I gave the money because there is no other legal way to do it. I don’t want to go through ten different corporations to hide my name. I’m proud of what I do and I’m not looking to escape recognition.”
Adelson’s beef with Obama, he insists, is not personal, but instead over what he calls “socialist” policies aimed at redistributing wealth in America. According to Forbes, Adelson’s net worth has leapt by
$21.6 billion while Obama’s been president—more than any other person in America.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Adelson
More about good ol' Sheldon: Litigation
A June 2008 profile in The New Yorker detailed several controversies involving Adelson. In 2008 Richard Suen, a Hong Kong businessman who had helped Adelson make connections with top Chinese officials in order to obtain the Macau license, took Adelson to court in Las Vegas alleging he had reneged on his agreement to allow Suen to profit from the venture. Suen won a $43.8 million judgement; in November 2010, the Nevada Supreme Court overturned the judgment and returned the case to the lower court for further consideration.[117] In the 2013 retrial, the jury awarded Suen a verdict for $70 million.[118][119] The judge added another $31.6 million in interest, bringing the total judgment against Adelson to $101.6 million.[120][121] Adelson is appealing again.[122] Adelson faces another trial over claims by three alleged "middlemen" in the deal who are suing for at least $450 million.[22]
In February 2013, the Las Vegas Sands, in a regulatory filing, acknowledged that it had likely violated federal law that prohibits the bribing of foreign officials. Allegedly, Chinese officials were bribed to allow Adelson to build his Macau casino.[123]
In 2008, the share prices of the Las Vegas Sands Corp. plunged. In November 2008, Las Vegas Sands Corp. announced it might default on bonds that it had outstanding, signaling the potential bankruptcy of the concern.[129] Adelson lost $4 billion in 2008, more than any other American billionaire.[130][131] In 2009, his net worth had declined from approximately $30 billion to $2 billion, a drop of 93%.[132] He told ABC News "So I lost $25 billion. I started out with zero...(there is) no such thing as fear, not to an entrepreneur. Concern, yes. Fear, no."[133
In 2001, Adelson was diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy, which restricts his ability to stand and walk.[142] On February 28, 2019, Las Vegas Sands announced that Adelson was receiving treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.[143] The news was disclosed after a Sands attorney claimed Adelson was too weak to sit for a deposition in a court case involving Richard Suen.
Sands spokesman Ron Reese said the side effects of Adelson's medical treatment had "restricted his availability to travel or keep regular office hours” but had not “prevented him from fulfilling his duties as chairman and CEO” of Las Vegas Sands.[144]
Nice guy, huh?
