Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american and israeli physician and billionaire”. Today it says “israeli-american physician”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli American philanthropist, doctor and political donor”. It now reads “Israeli-American physician, billionaire, and conservative donor (born 1945)”.
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Miriam Adelson ( née Farbstein ; born 10 October 1945) is an American and Israeli physician and billionaire. After her marriage to American business magnate Sheldon Adelson in 1991, she became a donor to conservative political causes in the United States and Israel.1The Adelsons donated to the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign , his presidential inauguration , his defense fund against the Mueller investigation into Russian interference and the 2020 campaign . She is the current publisher of the newspaper Israel Hayom .2She is also a voting member on the board of trustees at the University of Southern California . Miriam and Sheldon Adelson were presented with the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the Smithsonian Institution in 2008. In 2013, she received honorary citizenship of Jerusalem. As of June 2021, Adelson is the 44th-richest person, fifth-richest woman, and richest Israeli in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$29.6 billion according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index through her majority ownership of Las Vegas Sands . In the spring of 2023, Forbes estimated her family fortune at $36 billion and ranked her the fifth-richest woman. "Sheldon Adelson is plotting a spending spree to help Trump with under 50 days left until the election" . "Sheldon Adelson to donate $100m to Trump and Republicans, fundraisers say | US news | the Guardian" .3
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Israeli American philanthropist, doctor and political donor Miriam Adelson (née Farbstein ; formerly Ochshorn ; born 10 October 1945) is an Israeli American philanthropist and doctor. She married American business magnate Sheldon Adelson in 1991, and has since become a prominent Republican Party donor. She is the current publisher of the newspaper Israel Hayom . Miriam and Sheldon Adelson were presented with the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the Smithsonian Institution in 2008. In 2013, she received honorary citizenship of Jerusalem. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018.
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Israeli-American physician, billionaire, and conservative donor Miriam Adelson ( Hebrew : מרים אדלסון ; born October 10, 1945) is an Israeli-American physician, business woman, philanthropist, and conservative political donor.She was married to Sheldon Adelson until his death in 2021.As of May 2025 , estimates place her wealth at US$29.5 billion.As of 2024 , she was the 58th richest person in the world.Notable holdings include the Las Vegas Sands and the Dallas Mavericks .She is the current publisher of Israel Hayom and, with her family, owns the Las Vegas Review-Journal .Since the 2010s, Adelson has been one of the Republican Party 's largest individual donors, and since 2016 she has been one of the most prominent financial supporters of Donald Trump .She and her husband provided the largest donation to his 2016 campaign , his presidential inauguration , his defense fund against the Mueller investigation into Russian interference , and the 2020 campaign .She was the third largest donor to Trump's 2024 election bid, donating $106 million.Adelson has consistently advocated for the US government to adopt pro-Israel policies, including supporting Israel's annexation of the West Bank .Trump awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american and israeli physician and billionaire”. Today it says “israeli-american physician”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli American philanthropist, doctor and political donor”. It now reads “Israeli-American physician, billionaire, and conservative donor (born 1945)”. Read the current article and compare.
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