Sheldon Adelson Fires Back Against Prostitution Allegations
Billionaire Sheldon Adelson fires back against accusations that he promoted prostitution in his lucrative Macao casinos. [...] more>>
The casino king Sheldon Adelson upended the U.S. political stage early this year, contributing tens of millions of dollars to Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich. "I might give $10 million or $100 million to Gingrich," he told Forbes. Adelson can afford to throw his weight around: His fortune is up $21.5 billion in the past three years, more than any other American. Shares of his Las Vegas Sands jumped 3,700% from their recession lows and are nearly double that of his rivals Wynn and MGM--combined. Now he's setting his sights on new markets like Spain, and possibly Japan, Korea and Vietnam. [...] more
Billionaire Sheldon Adelson fires back against accusations that he promoted prostitution in his lucrative Macao casinos. [...] more>>
He may cause outcry every time he takes to Twitter, but News. Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch can generally be relied upon to make money no matter what scandal he finds himself embroiled in. On Monday, he banked over $136 million thanks to a boost in the stock of his media juggernaut. [...] more>>
Regular television advertising is annoying, and political ads are actually worse. They are symptomatic of all the money being thrown around this Presidential election. How can humor make it better? [...] more>>
Here are the Hollywood elite giving big for Obama's reelection campaign. [...] more>>
Romney might have all the billionaire support, but Obama counts a handful of high-profile, rich celebs amongst his biggest backers. They include a foul-mouthed comedienne; Oscar, Emmy and Tony winners; the TV genius behind Lost; Brooklyn's favorite adopted son; and a sexy Housewife. Read on. [...] more>>
Casino billionaire Adelson is willing to spend "limitless" amounts of money to beat Obama [...] more>>
With casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson's $10 million gift, the tally of America's richest people donating to Mitt Romney-backing super PAC Restore Our Future is 32 -- or, 8% of the Forbes 400. Read on to see who joins Adelson on this growing list. [...] more>>
| Salary | $1,000,000 |
| Bonus | $0 |
| Restricted stock awards | $0 |
| All other compensation | $2,873,397 |
| Option awards | $1,825,000 |
| Non-equity incentive plan compensation | $5,658,469 |
| Change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings | $0 |
| Total Compensation | $11,356,866 |
| Number of securities underlying options exercisable | 91,832 |
| Number of shares owned | 1,205,105 |
