American casino and real estate magnate Neil Bluhm has an estimated net worth of $3.5 billion as of April 2016, according to Forbes.

Of Jewish ancestry, Neil Bluhm was born in 1938 in Chicago, Illinois. He is an alumnus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University where he completed his degree in law.

After working as a partner at the Chicago-based Mayer, Brown & Platt law firm, Neil Bluhm founded JMB Realty in 1969. Currently, he is a managing partner of Lamb Partners and Walton Street Capital. He also serves as the President of Northbrook Corporation and ALP Liquidating Trust. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Board of Falls Management Company, Midwest Gaming & Entertainment and HSP Gaming.

Neil Bluhm is the owner of Holdings Acquisitions Co. and casinos in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Casino Niagara in Canada as well as the Rivers Casino in Des Plaines, Illinois, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia.