Gambling Billionaires
March 10th, 2010 at 5:20:11 PM
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the 2010 list of Billionaires has been released.
Gaming wealthy are:
Carl Icahn $10.5 billion
Sheldon Adelson $9.3 billion
Kirk Kerkorian $3.1 billion
Stanley Ho and family $2 billion
Phillip Ruffin $2 billion
Donald Trump $2 billion
Steve Wynn $1.6 billion
I believe that the only billionaires that live in Vegas that are not in gaming are"
Nancy Walton Laurie $2.7 billion
Poju Zabludowicz is never on the Forbes list (owns three of the downtown Las Vegas casinos), but he is regularly on the "Rich List" of the London Times. and is listed as being worth: £1,500,000. His father built a business around Soltam, an Israeli defence contractor. Most of the defence interests were sold and the family diversified.
Why hasn't Harrah's created a billionaire?
James J Murren has been CEO of MGM Mirage (MGM) for less than six months. Mr. Murren has been with the company for 11 years. The 47 year old executive ranks 1 within Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
James J Murren's Compensation (04.22.2009)
Salary $1.50 mil
Bonus $4.74 mil
Other $0.35 mil
Stock Gains $22.25 mil
Gary W. Loveman Chairman, President, and CEO Harrah's Entertainment
2008 Total compensation: $39.6 million
Source: Equilar Inc.
Gaming wealthy are:
Carl Icahn $10.5 billion
Sheldon Adelson $9.3 billion
Kirk Kerkorian $3.1 billion
Stanley Ho and family $2 billion
Phillip Ruffin $2 billion
Donald Trump $2 billion
Steve Wynn $1.6 billion
I believe that the only billionaires that live in Vegas that are not in gaming are"
Nancy Walton Laurie $2.7 billion
Poju Zabludowicz is never on the Forbes list (owns three of the downtown Las Vegas casinos), but he is regularly on the "Rich List" of the London Times. and is listed as being worth: £1,500,000. His father built a business around Soltam, an Israeli defence contractor. Most of the defence interests were sold and the family diversified.
Why hasn't Harrah's created a billionaire?
James J Murren has been CEO of MGM Mirage (MGM) for less than six months. Mr. Murren has been with the company for 11 years. The 47 year old executive ranks 1 within Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
James J Murren's Compensation (04.22.2009)
Salary $1.50 mil
Bonus $4.74 mil
Other $0.35 mil
Stock Gains $22.25 mil
Gary W. Loveman Chairman, President, and CEO Harrah's Entertainment
2008 Total compensation: $39.6 million
Source: Equilar Inc.
March 10th, 2010 at 5:43:13 PM
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While this is very interesting, I would like to see a list of billionaires who gamble in casinos.
March 10th, 2010 at 6:01:15 PM
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Poju Zabludowicz (what a great name!) is an absentee (slum)lord!
Also, I believe you mean he is worth 1.5 billion pounds. 1.5 million would make him worth about as much as your average fully vested college professor.
Also, I believe you mean he is worth 1.5 billion pounds. 1.5 million would make him worth about as much as your average fully vested college professor.
"Dice, verily, are armed with goads and driving-hooks, deceiving and tormenting, causing grievous woe." -Rig Veda 10.34.4
March 10th, 2010 at 6:01:47 PM
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I remember reading a few years ago that Bill Gates plays Blackjack - at $5 tables.
I invented a few casino games. Info:
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March 10th, 2010 at 10:14:39 PM
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Quote: teddysPoju Zabludowicz (what a great name!) is an absentee (slum)lord!
Yes he is a slumlord. Since he purchased the Plaza, the Vegas Club, the Western, the Gold Spike in 2004, and many other empty lots downtown, he has done nothing significant except to sell the Gold Spike. And I did mean 1.5 billion pounds.
There are people who compare lists of billionaires. Poju has never been on the Forbes list despite making several other lists.
June 23rd, 2012 at 1:23:16 AM
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Quote: pacomartinthe 2010 list of Billionaires has been released.
Gaming wealthy are:
Carl Icahn $10.5 billion
Sheldon Adelson $9.3 billion
Kirk Kerkorian $3.1 billion
Stanley Ho and family $2 billion
Phillip Ruffin $2 billion
Donald Trump $2 billion
Steve Wynn $1.6 billion
Why hasn't Harrah's created a billionaire?
The 2011 list of Billionaires was released by Forbes. They had a category called "gaming" which seems to include games for fun, and not just gambling.
One of the names on the list was Gabe Newel, who seems to make video games only.
Carl Icahn is still worth $14 billion, but Forbes has reclassified him under "leveraged buyouts" in the "investments" industry. Presumably because he has sold many of his casinos, or they are only a small percentage of his net worth.
| Rank | Name | Net Worth | Age | Source | Country of Citizenship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Sheldon Adelson | $24.9 B | 78 | casinos | United States |
| 169 | Kunio Busujima & family | $5.9 B | 86 | gaming - pachinko | Japan |
| 178 | Lui Che Woo | $5.7 B | 82 | gaming-Galaxy | Hong Kong |
| 193 | Johann Graf | $5.3 B | 65 | gaming machines Novomatic Group | Austria |
| 314 | Pansy Ho | $3.5 B | 49 | gaming | Hong Kong |
| 344 | Kirk Kerkorian | $3.3 B | 94 | casinos, investments | United States |
| 344 | Kim Jung-Ju & family | $3.3 B | 44 | online gaming | South Korea |
| 367 | Han Chang-Woo & family | $3.1 B | 81 | gaming-Pachinko | Japan |
| 491 | Steve Wynn | $2.5 B | 70 | casinos, hotels | United States |
| 491 | Hiroshi Yamauchi | $2.5 B | 84 | Nintendo | Japan |
| 719 | Kazuo Okada & family | $1.8 B | 69 | gaming | Japan |
| 764 | Angela Leong | $1.7 B | 51 | gaming | Hong Kong |
| 854 | Gabe Newell | $1.5 B | 49 | Valve Corporation | United States |
| 913 | Kim Tack-Jin | $1.4 B | 45 | online gaming | South Korea |
| 1015 | Teddy Sagi | $1.2 B | 40 | Playtech | Israel |
| 1075 | Hajime Satomi | $1.1 B | 70 | gaming-pachinko | Japan |
I thought they classified Steve Wynn's ex wife as billionaire for a while. She is not on the list. Nobody who made their money from Ceasars Incorp., Boyd, Station Casinos, or Penn National Gaming. In the past they had created some billionaires.
I don't see anyone from Melco-PBL (PBL being the Australian company that Kerry Packer started).
