Steve Wynn has broken a tie he had with fellow casino mogul Phil Ruffin, ranked No. Wynn and Adelson also appeared on a recent Forbes list for top business minds. He developed The Mirage, Treasure Island, Bellagio and Wynn Las Vegas.

The 75-year-old opened Wynn Palace in Macau in August 2016 and broke ground that month on the $2.4 billion Wynn Boston Harbor. In September, they bought a four-building, 210,000-square-foot office complex at Town Center and Covington Cross drives in Summerlin for $47.9 million. Panda Express founders Andrew and Peggy Cherng, No. The 84-year-old is worth about $2 billion more than former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and about $3 billion less than Alice Walton, daughter of discount retail giant Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton.Īlice Walton’s cousin, Nancy Walton Laurie, 66, of Henderson is worth $4.9 billion.

In September Adelson signed a new employment agreement for a 400 percent raise and the highest salary among S&P 500 chief executives.Īdelson is also a major donor to the Republican Party. Those Asian investments pushed the company past $3 billion in revenue in the company’s second-quarter earnings. His worth increased by $5 billion since he made the magazine’s annual list of international billionaires in March.Īdelson operates The Venetian, Palazzo and properties in Macau. 14 is the richest man in Nevada, Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson, worth about $35.4 billion. (Sam Mircovich/Reuters)Įight Las Vegas Valley residents have made the Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans released Tuesday.Īt No. Overall, judging from the list, casinos, hotels and restaurants appear to be very fruitful investment targets in the travel industry.īut, don’t tell that to Steven Udvar-Hazy ($3.4 billion), the CEO of Air Lease Corp., who made his mark in aircraft leasing, which is obviously a nice way to bring home an honest paycheck.Lorenzo Fertitta (L),Vice Chairman and President of Station Casinos and his brother Frank Fertitta (R), chairman and CEO of the company speak to Reuters reporters during the Reuters 2006 Hotel and Casino Summit in Los Angeles February 13, 2006. Penny Pritzker was edged out by Thomas Pritzker in the richest Pritzker sweepstakes by a mere $500 million. In the race within the race, Thomas Pritzker ($2.7 billion), chairman of The Pritzker Organization, is the richest Pritzker on the list, and Nicholas Pritzker III ($1.3 billion) is the poorest Pritzker to make the Forbes’ Richest list.īut let’s not forget Penny Pritzker ($2.2 billion), the second richest Pritzker on the list, who also happens to be U.S. The Pritzkers beat out the Fertitta family (restaurants, casinos, Ultimate Fighting Championship), who merely have a trio (Tillman, Frank III and Lorenzo) on the list. The family most widely represented on the list of the richest travel investors is the Pritzker family, with 10 members occupying spots. We’ve identified 30 people among the 400 (see the table below) who are involved in travel, including Liberty Media chairman John Malone ($6.7 billion) who owned a chunk of Expedia and TripAdvisor and now is a member of the Expedia board, Carnival chairman Micky Arison ($5.9 billion), and Marriott chairman Bill Marriott Jr. with a net worth of $11.4 billion, according to the just-released Forbes list of the 400 “Richest People in America,” but when it comes to bragging rights, it’s all about the Pritzker family of Hyatt fame. Jack Taylor, the elderly founder of Enterprise Rent A Car, is the richest travel investor in the U.S.

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