Sheldon Adelson, King of the Casino World
If anyone can be called a man who has made himself, it is Sheldon Adelson. The casino king of the world, the richest Jew in the world, the third richest person in the U.S. - it's all about him. He was born into a family of a taxi driver and a housewife who came to the U.S. from Lithuania and Ukraine. Now, he is a huge gambling tycoon who owns several land-based casinos.