Sheldon Adelson has created and developed to maturity more than 50 different companies, including COMDEX, a tradeshow for the computer industry. According to the Globes (97)Mr. Adelson has decided to invest in Israeli software companies and be active in marketing them in the US.

The Jerusalem Post named Adelson as one of four American Jews who contributed at least six figures to Netanyahu's successful 1996 campaign for prime minister representing the right-wing Likud Party. Netanyahu was quoted by the Wall Street Journal in 1997 as holding Adelson in "the highest regard" and as someone who "was one of the first to recognize the potential of the Israeli economy." In the picture, Netanyahu and the Adelsons are hosted by Ivy and Yossi Dashti for the Israel Air Force Foundation during Netanyahu’s visit to California.

Miriam and Sheldon Adelson are among the top donors to Jewish organizations in the USA and are major financial contributors to Israel including the Israel Air Force Foundation, the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, the Zionist Organization of America, AIPAC, ADL and many other Jewish and non-sectarian organizations.

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