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Sheldon Adelson: the American titan who transplanted the Las Vegas integrated-resort formula onto the Cotai Strip
Sheldon Adelson
Founder, Chairman & CEO of Las Vegas Sands. Born to a poor immigrant family in Boston, he created the COMDEX computer expo in 1979, bought the Las Vegas Sands hotel for about US$128 million in 1988, and opened The Venetian Las Vegas in 1999. Awarded a Macao gaming concession in 2002, he opened Sands Macao in 2004 and The Venetian Macao in 2007, pioneering the reclaimed-land "Cotai Strip" and transplanting the American integrated-resort model wholesale to Macao.
Steve Wynn: the resort architect who wrote the "Las Vegas of the East" vision into Macao
Steve Wynn
Founder of Wynn Resorts. A legendary American gaming-and-resort developer who reshaped the Las Vegas Strip with The Mirage, Bellagio and others, he brought major investment to Macao around 2004 under a vision of a "Las Vegas of the East." Wynn Macau opened in September 2006, and the 57-storey Encore tower was added in 2010 — an integrated mix of gaming, hotel, dining, spa and luxury retail. He stepped down from his company in 2018, but the resorts he built on Macao's outer harbour remain landmarks.