Sheldon Adelson

Vice President-elect JD Vance takes the oath of office during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool Photo via AP)

Billionaires, tech titans, presidents: A guide to who stood where at Trump’s inauguration

The crowded scene in the Capitol Rotunda on Inauguration Day featured four of the world’s five wealthiest men, five U.S. presidents, influential sporting figures and two foreign leaders with prime seats on the dais.
 
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta, makes a point during an appearance at SIGGRAPH 2024, the premier conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques, Monday, July 29, 2024, in the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Mark Zuckerberg will cohost reception with Republican billionaires for Trump inauguration

 
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, arrives to attend a hearing at the district court for his long-running trial for alleged corruption, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (Menahem Kahana/Pool Photo via AP)

‘The Bibi Files,’ with leaked Netanyahu footage, can’t be seen in Israel. Israelis are finding ways

 
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a session of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday Nov.18, 2024.(AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

Netanyahu’s trial for alleged corruption centers on these three cases

 
FILE - Dallas Mavericks owner Marc Cuban on the sidelines during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers in Dallas, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. On Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023, the NBA approved the sale of controlling interest of the Dallas Mavericks from Mark Cuban to the families that run the Las Vegas Sands casino company. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Mark Cuban says the changing NBA landscape led to his sale of the Mavs to casino families

 

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FILE - Las Vegas Sands Corporation Chief Executive and Republican mega donor Sheldon Adelson, center, and his wife, Miriam Adelson, left, listen as President Donald Trump speaks at the Israeli American Council National Summit in Hollywood, Fla., Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019. Miriam Adelson, the controlling shareholder of casino company Las Vegas Sands Corp., plans to sell $2 billion in company stock and buy an unspecified professional sports franchise, the company announced Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is working on a deal to sell a majority stake in the NBA franchise to the Adelson family, a person with knowledge of the talks said late Tuesday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Mavericks likely will end up in the hands of one of Las Vegas’ most powerful families

 
Dallas Mavericks team owner Mark Cuban walks to his seat during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Houston Rockets in Dallas, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Sands casino family says they’ll buy majority of Mavs from Cuban. AP source says valuation is $3.5B