Insight GAMING’S BILLIONAIRES
THE GAMING INDUSTRY’S BILLIONAIRE LIST - 2014
A recent study in Forbes outlined the world’s ever growing list of 1,600+ billionaires. Exploring the list in detail reveals the 23 individuals from the gaming industry that rank among the prestigous order. While there are obvious omissions, not least from privately owned businesses, Genting Resorts and there’s not a single Russian or South American here, the list is revealing as to the sheer scale of the self-made wealth and geographic dispersion, with almost half the list comprised of South East Asian billionaires. And while Macau sought to break Stanley Ho’s monopoly by splitting up his licences, his wives and siblings on this list tell another story.
Lui Che Woo Rank: No. 28 Wealth: $22bn Age: 84 Hong Kong
Lui Che Woo's wealth more than doubled in the last 12 months as shares of Galaxy Entertainment soared in Hong Kong. Bidding $1.1bn for a Macau gaming license was a master stroke that has since seen Galaxy's market cap reach $40bn, with Galaxy owning the largest plot of land of the six operators on Cotai. Lui also has plans to invest in Hengqin Island.
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Sheldon Adelson Rank: No. 8 Wealth: $38bn Age: 80 US
In 2013, Sheldon Adelson made an average of $32m per day over the last year, as shares of his Las Vegas Sands, worth more than all other U.S. casino companies combined, continued climbing thanks to continued expansion in Asia. Mr. Adelson dropped plans to develop a $30bn EuroVegas project in Spain and is now pitting himself and his wealth against US online gambling.
Johann Graf, Rank: No. 186 Wealth: $7.2bn Age: 67 Austria
This is the first year that 10 Austrians made it onto the billionaire list. Prof. Johann Graf is currently Austria's second richest citizen, after Red Bull's Dietrich Mateschitz. In 2012, net profit from ordinary activities for the Novomatic Group of Companies, owned by Prof. Graf, rose by 9.1 per cent to €359m ($488m) on revenue of €3.2bn ($4.35bn).
THE GAMING BILLIONAIRE LIST 1. Sheldon Adelson -$38bn 2. Lui Che Woo - $22bn 3. Johann Graf - $7.2bn 4. James Packer - $6.5bn 5. Pansy Ho - $6.4bn 6. Kunio Busujima - $4.9bn 7. Kirk Kerkorian - $4.5bn 8. Steve Wynn - $3.8bn 9. Han Chang-Woo - $3.4bn 10. Lawrence Ho - $3bn 11. Angela Leong - $2.8bn 12. Elaine Wynn - $2.7bn 13. Phillip Ruffin - $2.5bn 14. Manuel Lao Hernandez - $2.2bn 15. David Chow - $1.8bn 16. Denise Coates - $1.6bn 17. Kazuo Okada - $1.35bn 18. Frank Fertitta, III. - $1.3bn 19. Lorenzo Fertitta - $1.3bn 20. Chen Lip Keong - $1.25bn 21. Hajime Satomi - $1.1bn 22. Ina Chan - $1bn 23. Lam Fong Ngo - $1bn
James Packer Rank: No. 208 Wealth: $6.5bn Age: 46 Australia
James Packer severed his family's deep ties to the media sector in 2012 when he sold pay-TV company Consolidated Media Holdings to Newscorp., pocketing $1 billion. That leaves him to focus on his gaming empire Crown Ltd., which owns casinos in Australia and has a joint venture--Melco Crown Entertainment - in Macau and Manila with Lawrence Ho.
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