The Amazing Rags-To-Riches Life Of Sheldon Adelson, The Republican Party's Biggest Donor

Sheldon Adelson once slept in the same room as his entire family. He once voted almost exclusively Democrat. But this weekend, he showed up in Israel as perhaps the most influential donor of the Republican Party.
At 78, Adelson is now one of the most active participant on the political scene, staunchly supporting a free Jewish state in Israel. The casino mogul even popped up in Israel this weekend to aid the candidacy of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who he has pledged to support with a possibly "unlimited" amount of money to super PACs in the 2012 election.
Outside of the Romney campaign, Adelson has spent upwards of $20 million in donations to Republican candidates this election cycle, and almost single-handedly bankrolled Newt Gingrich's rollercoaster primary campaign. CBS pegs him as the biggest super PAC donor of this election cycle.
Adelson mostly avoids the media spotlight, but his rags-to-riches tale reveals some of the reasons as to why he made huge ideological and personal changes through his life.
Adelson grew up in a working class Boston neighborhood.
His father, who emigrated from Lithuania, worked as a cabdriver, while his mother ran a knitting shop from their home. He, his parents and three siblings slept in one room.
Source: The New Yorker
Adelson's computer trade show, Comdex, became one of the world's largest in the world in the 1980s.
Adelson went on to buy the historic Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, adding a convention center for the thriving Comdex. Adelson later cashed in on Comdex for $862 million, using the profits to tear down the hotel and rebuild a lavish, Venice-inspired complex.
Source: The New York Times
The Sands Macau is where Adelson made his billions.
Since the Sands Macau, located in Macau Peninsula, Macau, opened its doors, Adelson's personal wealth has "multiplied more than fourteen times," and "earning roughly a million dollars an hour" after the company went public, The New Yorker reported.
Source: The New Yorker
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