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IAG JAPAN NOV 2020 60 2020 POWER 50 ROBERT GOLDSTEIN PRESIDENT AND COO Las Vegas Sands NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Sands China 取締役社長兼COO ラスベガス・サンズ 非業務執行取締 サンズ・チャイナ CLAIMS TO FAME 評価理由 9 POWER SCORE パワースコア: 1,611 POSITION LAST YEAR 昨年の順位: 7 Stood in effectively for Sheldon Adelson during his 2019 illness Adelson’s trusted global lieutenant and enforcer Helped launch Venetian Las Vegas • • • • • • シェルドン・アデルソン氏が病気で不在の2019年、その代役を見事に務めた アデルソン氏が信頼を置くグローバル部門を統括するナンバー2であり執行者 ベネチアン・ラスベガスの開業を助けた ROBERT GOLDSTEIN IS THE CLEAR SECOND in command at the world’s largest gaming company in terms of market cap and most other measures. Now in his 25th year with Las Vegas Sands, Goldstein is a longtime loyal lieutenant to Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson and not afraid to get tough with other executives. His time filling in for Adelson during his illness last year is widely viewed as a successful audition for the top job, when and if the 87-year-old Adelson decides to step back from the fray. Largely under Goldstein’s watch, LVS last year increased revenue to US$13.74 billion and EBITDA to US$5.4 billion. In a note to investors following Goldstein’s regency, advisory Sanford Bernstein extolled the market power of LVS, calling its Asia properties “crown jewels of global gaming … In Macau and Singapore, Sands dwarfs its competitors in market share, margins, free cash flow generation and return of capital to investors.” COVID-19 hasn’t broken the Sands money machine, only paused it. In his interim role, Goldstein appeared unfazed by the enormity of running LVS and satisfying shareholders, most notably majority owners Chairman Adelson and family members. Dr Miriam Adelson, the chairman’s wife, is actually the largest individual shareholder in LVS, and her younger daughter Sivan’s husband Patrick Dumont serves as LVS Executive Vice President and CFO. Along with Adelson and Goldstein, Dumont is the only executive mentioned by name whose loss “could have a material adverse effect on the company” in the LVS annual report. But Dr Adelson and her daughter, both born in Israel and ロバート・ゴールドスタイン