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IAG JAPAN NOV 2021 58 1-10 CHAIRMAN, CEO and EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Sands China CHAIRMAN, CEO and EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Las Vegas Sands 会長、CEO兼業務執行役員 サンズ・チャイナ 会長、CEO兼業務執行役員 ラスベガス・サンズ CLAIMS TO FAME 評価理由 POWER SCORE パワースコア : 2,478 POSITION LAST YEAR 昨年の順位 : 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 • • • • • • シェルドン・アデルソン氏の逝去後、2021年に世界を引っぱる役割を引き 受けた ザ・ベネチアン・ラスベガスの開業を助けた 最近行われたラスベガスにある資産の処分を監督した 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 ロバート・ゴールドスタイン