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IAG NOV 2021年11月亞博匯 64 1-10 CHAIRMAN, CEO and EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Sands China CHAIRMAN, CEO and EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Las Vegas Sands 董事會主席、行政總裁兼執行董事 金沙中國 董事會主席、行政總裁兼執行董事 拉斯維加斯金沙集團股份有限公司 CLAIMS TO FAME 名成事跡 POWER SCORE 權能指數: 2,478 POSITION LAST YEAR 去年排名: 9 Assumed global leadership in 2021 following passing of Sheldon Adelson Helped launch The Venetian Las Vegas Oversaw recent disposal of company’s Las Vegas assets • • • • • • 在蕭登．艾德森去世後，於2021年執掌全球業務 曾負責The Venetian Las Vegas的開幕 負責近期對公司於拉斯維加斯的資產處置 ROBERT GOLDSTEIN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS after first joining the company and six years after being officially groomed as heir apparent to company founder Sheldon Adelson, Robert Goldstein took the reins of arguably the world’s biggest casino operator in January of this year following Adelson’s passing from cancer. Goldstein’s appointment as Chairman and CEO came as no surprise to anyone, highlighting the astute job he performed while filling in back in 2019, when Adelson took time off for medical treatment. It also put to bed any minor concerns over how control of the company might change things with Adelson’s widow, Dr Miriam Adelson, now in full control of around 57% of issued shares. Sands’ new executive leadership duo of Goldstein alongside the Adelsons’ son-in-law Patrick Dumont, who has been promoted into Goldstein’s former role of President and COO, have wasted no time in shaping their own future for the company. In March, LVS announced that it had agreed a three-way deal to sell all of its Las Vegas Strip assets for US$6.25 billion, effectively ensuring it no longer has any physical operations in the United States. The deal included US$2.25 billion from funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc to acquire the LVS subsidiaries that hold the operating assets and liabilities of the Las Vegas business, and another US$4 billion from VICI Properties Inc for the real estate assets, 5