Sylvan Adams is bringing international cycling to Israel

what you know, and do it yourself. Boiled down to its essence, that’s the business formula that Jewish real estate and banking professional Sylvan Adams relied upon to turn himself into a billionaire. He achieved that notable milestone “by sticking to what I know, rather than running around and venturing into areas that I don’t know,” the Canadian-born, 59-year-old told the Intermountain Jewish News earlier this month. “What I do know is commercial real estate,” said Adams. “When you’re a professional in real estate, you don’t make investments — it’s a business. And if you run it as a business, you increase your chances of being successful.” Doing business as a businessman rather than as an investor means, “Being the manager of my own activities, not […]