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Our American Stories

Some Indians, a Jew, a Hotel Partnership—and The American Dream

Our American Stories

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, Documentary

4.3737 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Our American Stories, Mike Leven was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp.—one of the great hoteliers of all time and a legend in his business. He’s also what you might call a “wise man.” Here’s Mike telling the story of how he—a Jew—helped start the Asian American Hotel Owners Association.

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0:00.0

And we continue with Our American Stories.

0:12.5

You've heard from him before.

0:14.7

And by the way, go to Our American Stories.com.

0:17.8

And you can hear Mike Levin tell all kinds of stories not just about his life but stories

0:22.9

you can apply to yours and that's why we have him tell them Mike was the president and chief

0:28.0

operating officer of Las Vegas Sands Corporation Google is Singapore casino look at what he built

0:35.2

and look at what he did in Las Vegas, the number of jobs he created,

0:39.5

the options for Americans or people around the world to go to a great resort and enjoy some gambling

0:44.9

and some entertainment and have it be safe and clean. Up next, Mike tells the story about he,

0:50.6

a Jewish man, helped start the Asian American Hotel Owners Association.

0:56.8

It's a heck of a story.

0:58.3

Take it away, Mike.

0:59.5

Let's fast forward to 1985.

1:02.2

I get the days in job.

1:04.0

And the interesting thing about getting the days in job was that I was referred to Henry Silverman by a guy that I had fired.

1:15.9

There was a guy named Vic Appleby who was a sales director of the Americana Hotel in New York.

1:20.4

He was not doing a very good job, and I had to let him go.

1:24.7

And a few years later, I'm sitting in my office in Chicago and I'm on my way to the airport.

1:30.1

I had a trip and I had these message things with all the telephone calls.

1:34.6

You know, you had no cell phones then.

1:37.2

And I go to a pay phone.

1:38.8

I call the guy back.

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