Vince McMahon

Extracted Attributes

• Born

  1945-08-24

• Awards

  Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame, Hollywood Walk of Fame (2008), Promax/BDA Lifetime Achievement Award, Cablefax Hall of Fame (2008)

• Father

  Vincent J. McMahon

• Spouse

  Linda Edwards (m. 1966, separated)

• Children

  Shane McMahon, Stephanie McMahon

• Education

  East Carolina University (BA in Business, 1968)

• Full Name

  Vincent Kennedy McMahon

• Occupation

  Businessman, Professional Wrestling Promoter, Media Proprietor, Professional Wrestling Executive

• Grandfather

  Jess McMahon

• Place of Birth

  Pinehurst, North Carolina, U.S.

• Championships Won

  WWE Championship (1 time), ECW Champion (1 time), Royal Rumble (1999)

• On-screen Persona

  Mr. McMahon

Timeline

• Born Vincent Kennedy McMahon in Pinehurst, North Carolina. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Wikidata)

  1945-08-24

• Married Linda Edwards. (Source: Web Search)

  1966

• Graduated from East Carolina University with a degree in business. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Wikidata)

  1968

• Began appearing on-screen for WWE (then WWWF) as a commentator. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  1969

• Purchased the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) from his father, Vincent J. McMahon. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  1982

• Adopted the on-screen persona of Mr. McMahon, a tyrannical character. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  1997

• Won the Royal Rumble and the WWF Championship. (Source: Web Search)

  1999

• WWE acquired World Championship Wrestling (WCW). (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2001

• WWE acquired the assets of Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2003

• Won the ECW World Championship. (Source: Web Search)

  2007

• Awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (Source: Web Search)

  2008

• Stepped down as CEO and chairman of WWE amid an internal investigation into hush-money payments. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2022-06

• Announced his retirement from WWE. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2022-07

• Returned to WWE as executive chairman. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2023-01

• WWE merged with Zuffa (owner of UFC) to form TKO Group Holdings, with McMahon serving as executive chairman. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Related Documents)

  2023-04

• Resigned from TKO Group Holdings following allegations of sex trafficking and sexual assault, and is currently under federal investigation. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2024-01

Vince McMahon

Vincent Kennedy McMahon ( mək-MAN; born August 24, 1945) is an American businessman and former professional wrestling promoter. McMahon, along with his later-estranged wife Linda, is a co-founder of the modern WWE, the world's largest professional wrestling promotion. Outside of professional wrestling, McMahon has occasionally ventured into promoting other sports. His projects have included the World Bodybuilding Federation and the XFL football league. McMahon graduated from East Carolina University with a degree in business in 1968, and began his tenure in professional wrestling as a commentator for WWE (then called the World Wide Wrestling Federation or WWWF) for most of the 1970s. He bought the company from his father, Vincent J. McMahon, in 1982 and almost monopolized the industry, which previously operated as separate entities across the United States. This led to the development of the annual event WrestleMania, which became one of the world's most successful professional wrestling events. WWE then faced industry competition from World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in the 1990s before purchasing and absorbing WCW in 2001. WWE also purchased the assets of the defunct Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in 2003. McMahon appeared on-screen for WWE from 1969 until 2022, initially as a personable play-by-play commentator. In 1997, he adopted the character of Mr. McMahon, portrayed as an irascible, villainous, swaggering tyrant who obsessed over maintaining control of his wrestling company and often growled the catchphrase "you're fired!" when dismissing an employee. Under the villainous Mr. McMahon gimmick, he competed in wrestling matches and became a one-time WWE Champion, a one-time ECW Champion, a Royal Rumble winner, and a multi-time pay-per-view headliner. Following claims of hush-money agreements McMahon paid over affairs with former WWE employees, McMahon stepped down as CEO and chairman of WWE in June 2022, pending the conclusion of an internal investigation. He was replaced by his daughter, Stephanie McMahon. The following month, McMahon announced his retirement from WWE, but his return to WWE as executive chairman was confirmed in January 2023. That April, Endeavor Group Holdings announced a merger between WWE and Zuffa, owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) mixed martial arts promotion; McMahon served as the executive chairman of the new merged company, TKO Group Holdings (TKO). McMahon was fined over $1.7 million by the Securities and Exchange Commission from undisclosed hush money payments. McMahon later resigned from TKO in January 2024 after allegations of sex trafficking and sexual assault. McMahon is currently under a federal probe.

Web Search Results

• Vince McMahon - Wikipedia

  Vincent Kennedy McMahon (/məkˈmæn/ mək-MAN; born August 24, 1945) is an American businessman and former professional wrestling promoter. McMahon, along with his later-estranged wife Linda, is a co-founder of the modern WWE, the world's largest professional wrestling promotion. Outside of professional wrestling, McMahon has occasionally ventured into promoting other sports. His projects have included the World Bodybuilding Federation and the XFL "XFL (2001)") football league. [...] | McMahon in 2006 | | Born | Vincent Kennedy McMahon (1945-08-24) August 24, 1945 (age 80) Pinehurst, North Carolina, U.S. | | Other names | Vinnie Lupton Vince McMahon Jr. Vincent K. McMahon | | Education | East Carolina University (BA) | | Occupations | Businessman media proprietor professional wrestling executive | | Spouse | Linda Edwards ​ ​ (m. 1966, separated)​ | | Children | Shane Stephanie | | Father | Vincent J. McMahon | | Relatives | McMahon family | [...] ## Early life Vincent Kennedy McMahon was born on August 24, 1945, in Pinehurst, North Carolina, to Victoria (née Hanner) and Vincent James McMahon, a wrestling promoter. Not long after his birth, his father left the family and took McMahon’s older brother, Roderick Jr., with him. McMahon did not see his father again until he was 12 years old. His paternal grandfather, Jess McMahon, had been a boxing and wrestling promoter, and both grandparents on his father’s side were of Irish descent.

• Vince McMahon | WWE Wiki | Fandom

  Vincent Kennedy McMahon (born August 24, 1945) is an European-American professional wrestling promoter and executive, European-American footballexecutive, and businessman. He has worked in the corporate area of the WWE and behind the scenes since taking over the company from his father in 1982. He currently serves as the majority owner, chairman and CEO of WWE as well as founder of Alpha Entertainment, which is the holding company of the XFL, an American football league. ## Vince McMahon [...] Prior to this, he was the broadcast color commentator and later chief broadcaster for the company until 1997. A third-generation wrestling promoter (following his grandfather Jess and father Vincent), McMahon is married to former WWE CEO and former American SBA Administrator Linda McMahon, with whom he has two children, son Shane and daughter Stephanie. He is the father-in-law of WWE executive/wrestler Paul "Triple H" Levesque and has six grandchildren. ## Fandom logo Fandom logo [...] McMahon has also served as an announcer and professional wrestler in WWE—using a gimmickknown by the ring name Mr. McMahon, based on his real life persona. He is a two-time world champion, having won the WWF Championship in 1999 and the ECW World Championship in 2007. He was the 1999 Royal Rumble winner. He headlined multiple WWF/WWE pay-per-view events from 1999 to 2000 and participated in the main event of WrestleMania 2000 as a cornerman for The Rock. In singles competition, he holds

• Vince McMahon | Documentary, WWE, Wrestling, TKO, & Facts

  Former WWE boss Vince McMahon allowed to enter pretrial program in reckless driving case • Oct. 16, 2025, 3:17 PM ET (AP) Vince McMahon (born August 24, 1945, Pinehurst, North Carolina, U.S.) is an American professional wrestling impresario who used showmanship and tireless promotion to make wrestling, formerly a niche entertainment, into a vastly lucrative industry. With his wife, Linda McMahon, he founded World Wrestling Entertainment, a multibillion-dollar company. [...] While his wife focused on the business operations, Vince McMahon transformed the sport, displaying the brash ambition and innate promotional ability that would become his trademark. He created a unique blend of sports and entertainment, incorporating rock music, celebrities, and outrageously scripted matches, and in the process he molded wrestlers into child-friendly stars. Outside the ring he lured performers away from rival companies and broke the long-standing regionalism of wrestling

• Vince McMahon BIOGRAPHY - OoCities.org

  Vince McMahon BIOGRAPHY Vince McMahon BIOGRAPHY as of August 29th Vincent Kennedy McMahon (born August 24, 1945 in Pinehurst, North Carolina) is an American Billionaire wrestling promoter, professional wrestler, on-screen personality, and former play-by-play announcer. He is the Chairman of the Board, Co-Founder and majority shareholder of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE). [edit] ## Early life [...] Vincent Kennedy McMahon was born in Pinehurst, North Carolina. He attended Fishburne Military School in Waynesboro, Virginia, where he became the first cadet in the school's history to be court-martialed. He was not convicted, however. He graduated from East Carolina University in 1968 with a degree in Business Administration/Marketing. He had married Linda Edwards (also an ECU graduate) in his junior year in 1966. His son Shane Brandon McMahon was born in 1970. [...] Vince was raised as Vinnie Lupton. His mother Victoria 'Vicki' Lupton remarried after her first marriage to famed wrestling promoter Vincent James McMahon failed during World War II. Vince also has a slightly older half-brother Rodney McMahon, who is understood to work in the steel industry in Texas.

• Vince McMahon - IMDb

  Vince McMahon, Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer of WWE, Inc. (WWE), is a third-generation promoter who has made WWE into the global phenomenon it is today. [...] For his accomplishments in entertainment, television, and pay-per-view, McMahon, one of the longest running personalities on television, was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2008. He also has received a Promax/BDA Lifetime Achievement Award and has been inducted into the 2008 Cablefax Hall of Fame. He has been included in Variety's annual Variety500 listing since 2017, which honors the most influential business leaders shaping the media industry. In 2019, McMahon was named as one

• Award

  Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame

• Image

  

• Gender

  male

• Educated At

  East Carolina University

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  entrepreneur

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date Of Birth

  8/24/1945

• Place Of Birth

  Pinehurst