LAS VEGAS—Miriam Adelson is one of the richest women in the world, a U.S. and Israel newspaper publisher and political powerbroker who, after selling $2 billion in stock to buy the Dallas Mavericks, will still be the majority shareholder of Las Vegas Sands Corp., the casino company her late husband built.
A company statement on Wednesday confirmed the deal on behalf of the Adelson and the Dumont families—referring to relatives of her son-in-law, Sands company president and board member Patrick Dumont.
