Sheldon Adelson Scoops $15B To Top Forbes List

Image by getty images

By JTA December 24, 2013

Casino magnate and billionaire Sheldon Adelson topped Forbes annual list of the biggest wealth gainers in 2013.

Adelson’s net worth grew by $15 billion, or 68 percent, as of Dec. 20, according to Forbes. He went from the country’s 11th riches person to its fifth.

Adelson’s fortune grew, in large part, due to the success of his casinos in Macau and Singapore, according to Forbes.

Facebook founder Marc Zuckerberg was the country’s second largest gainer, doubling his worth to nearly $26 billion.

Zuckerberg’s wealth grew by $13.6 billion to $25.8 billion.

A message from our CEO & publisher Rachel Fishman Feddersen

I hope you appreciated this article. Before you go, I’d like to ask you to please support the Forward’s award-winning, nonprofit journalism during this critical time.

Now more than ever, American Jews need independent news they can trust, with reporting driven by truth, not ideology. We serve you, not any ideological agenda

At a time when other newsrooms are closing or cutting back, the Forward has removed its paywall and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S. on the impact of the war, rising antisemitism and polarized discourse.

Readers like you make it all possible. Support our work by becoming a Forward Member and connect with our journalism and your community.

— Rachel Fishman Feddersen, Publisher and CEO