10 American Billionaire Families Spent $165 Million Trying to Re-Elect President Donald Trump in 2020 That is according to a new study from Americans for Tax Fairness. The late Sheldon Adelson and his wife, who are by far the wealthiest of those billionaires, thanks to their large stake in the Las Vegas Sands Corp oration, spent $90 million, while the other nine spent a total of $75 million. Most campaign spending was done through affiliated super PACs, rather than via direct contributions to candidates or party organizations. The biggest spenders after the Adelsons were the Perlmutters, who sold Marvel Enterprises to Walt Disney. They spent $21 million, followed by the McMahons of