Steve Wynn is an American business magnate famous for building high end casinos like The Mirage and The Bellagio in Las Vegas. By extensively expanding and rejuvenating the Las Vegas Strip, he played a major role in the resurgence of the internationally renowned strip which is known for its concentration of resort hotels and casinos. Steve Wynn is CEO of Wynn Resorts Limited. 11:58 AM ET Fri, 11 May 2018. CNBC contributor and N.Y. Times Columnist Jim Stewart discusses his interview with Elaine Wynn who is the largest. Steve Wynn created some of Las Vegas' most notable casinos, including The Mirage, Treasure Island, Bellagio and Wynn Las Vegas. He resigned as Wynn Resorts' chairman and CEO in February 2018 after. Former Wynn Resorts Ltd. Chairman and CEO Steve Wynn said the rebound of airline service to Las Vegas will be critical to the city once casinos reopen and that companies with properties in Macao.

Elaine Farrell Wynn (néePascal; born April 28, 1942) is an American billionaire businesswoman, philanthropist and art collector. She co-founded Mirage Resorts and Wynn Resorts with her former husband, Steve Wynn. She has supported education causes, the performing arts and the visual arts.

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Early life[edit]

Wynn was born to a middle-class Jewish family^[2][3] on April 28, 1942 in New York City.^[4] She graduated from George Washington University, where she received a bachelor of arts degree in Political Science in 1964.^[4]

Business career[edit]

Wynn co-founded the Mirage Resorts with her former husband in 1976.^[4] They also co-founded Wynn Resorts in 2000.^[4] She served on its board of directors.^[5] She played a pivotal role in the resurgence and expansion of the Las Vegas Strip with her former husband. In 2015, she nominated herself to the board,^[6][7] but she was not confirmed.^[8][9]

Wynn is the company's largest shareholder, with a 9% stake valued in May 2018 at nearly $2 billion. In 2018, after revelations of Steve Wynn's reported sexual harassment of multiple Wynn employees, and payments to cover up those allegations that were kept secret from the board of directors, he sold his 12% share of the company and agreed to return voting rights to Elaine Wynn (which she had signed away during their 2010 divorce agreement).^[10][11]

In June 2018, Wynn successfully led a shareholder proxy campaign to remove John Hagenbuch from the board, due to his conflict of interest created by ties to the company's former CEO.^[10]

Philanthropy and art collection[edit]

Wynn serves on the board of trustees of the Elaine P. Wynn & Family Foundation.^[4] She served as the chair of the UNLV Foundation, a fundraising organization for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.^[4] She also served on the executive board of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education.^[4]

She serves on the national board of directors of Communities in Schools, a non-profit organization which supports financially disadvantaged schoolchildren.^[4] She was appointed to Nevada's Blue Ribbon Education Reform Task Force in 2011, and on Nevada's State Board of Education in 2013 and 2015.^[4] She was appointed to the board of trustees of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts by President Barack Obama in 2011.^[4][12] She serves as the co-chair of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).^[13]

Wynn is an avid art collector. In 2013, she acquired Francis Bacon's Three Studies of Lucian Freud for a US$142.4 million, and loaned it to the Portland Art Museum.^[14]

Personal life[edit]

Wynn was married to businessman Steve Wynn.^[15] They divorced in 2009.^[16][17] Wynn resides in the couple's mansion inside Southern Highlands Golf Club.^[18]

References[edit]

1. ^'Elaine Wynn'. Forbes: America's Richest Self-Made Women. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
2. ^New York Times: 'The Other Casino Wynn, in a Hard City for Women' by Cathy Horyn May 14, 2006
3. ^Singer, Jenny (July 12, 2018). 'These Are America's Richest Self-Made Jewish Women'. Jewish Daily Forward.
4. ^ ^abcdefghij'Elaine Wynn'. Communities in Schools. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
5. ^Goldman, Andrew (4 May 2012). 'How Elaine Wynn Survived 45 Years in Sin City'. New York Times (Interview).
6. ^'The Boardroom Strikes Back'. The New York Times. 21 April 2015.
7. ^'In Wynn vs. Wynn, Elaine faces two company-backed rivals for board seat'. Vegas Inc. 23 April 2015.
8. ^'Wynn Resorts: Shareholders Refuse to Return Elaine Wynn to Board'. Wall Street Journal. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
9. ^'Elaine Wynn loses fight to keep seat on casino board'. New York Post. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
10. ^ ^ab'Elaine Wynn, Shareholder Activist'. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
11. ^'With Steve Wynn Gone, 'Queen of Las Vegas' Does Boardroom Battle'. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
12. ^'Kennedy Center Administration: Our People: The Board of Trustees'. The Kennedy Center. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
13. ^'Overview Board of Trustees'. LACMA. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
14. ^''Tax Break Flap Over Painting Dogs' Elaine Wynn'. Reviewjournal.com. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
15. ^'For Las Vegas' Elaine Wynn, A Test of her Taste'. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
16. ^Friess, Steve (5 April 2010). 'The loving dissolution of Mr. and Mrs. Wynn'. Las Vegas Weekly.
17. ^Dolan, Kerry A. (19 June 2012). 'After Futile Efforts To Settle Out Of Court, Billionaire Elaine Wynn Sues So She Can Sell Her Wynn Resorts Shares'. Forbes.
18. ^Is Steve and Elaine Wynn's Relationship Now Strictly Business?. HotelChatter (January 28, 2009).

Steve Wynn is an American real estate businessman as well as an art collector. He is also known for his involvement in the American luxury casino and in the hotel industry.

Contents

• 1 Quick Biography
• 5 Married, Relationship, Dating, Affair, Girlfriend, Wife, Children

Quick Biography

Steve Wynn was born on the date 27 January 1942. He was born in New Haven, but he grew up in Utica in New York. He has efficient business skills that help him to manage to expand his business completely.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

Steve Wynn is 79 years old. His height is 5 feet 10 inches while his weight is 75 kg. There is no other information available about the body measurements of Steve.

Education, School/College University

Steve graduated from The Manlius School that was a private boy’s school in New York. Steve Wynn attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity in his university.

Before completing his graduation, Steve’s father died due to heart problems and leave $350000 in gambling debts. After that, Steve leaves the position at Yale Law School in order to take charge of his family business in Maryland. Within a year after taking over the business, he had expanded the company and become popular.

Parents, Siblings, Nationality, Ethnicity, Religion & Political Views

Steve Wynn is the son of Michael, who ran a string of the bingo parlor in the eastern United States. Steve was born as Stephen Alan Weinberg, but his father changed the last name of a family from Weinberg to Wynn when Steve was only four years old. He does this to avoid anti-Jewish discrimination. There is no other information available about the mother and siblings of Steve Wynn. He belongs to the American nationality.

Steve Wynn Kids

Married, Relationship, Dating, Affair, Girlfriend, Wife, Children

Wynn got married to Elaine Farrell Pascal in the year 1963. But the couple got divorced in the year 1986. Wynn again married to Elaine in the year 1991 but divorced again in 2010. The couple has two daughters together named Kevyn and Gillian. On 30 April 2011, Steve got married to Andrea Hissom in a ceremony as the Wynn Las Vegas. She is the mother of recording artist and artist Nick Hissom.

Professional Life and Career

Steve and his family moved to Las Vegas in 1967, where he got success in his family business and buy a small stake in the Frontier Hotel and Casino. He becomes the acquaintances with the E. Parry Thomas, who was known as the most influential banker. Steve acquires an interest in the Golden Nugget Las Vegas in the year 1971. He expanded and renovated the casino from a gambling hall to a casino or resort hotel. During the 1980s, Steve built the Mirage.

After that, Wynn was involved with the construction and design of the casino. He also worked on building the luxurious resort, Bellagio, in the year 1990s. It is estimated to have cost around $1.6 billion that makes it one of the world’s most spectacular hotels. The Bellagio was opened in 1998 and become the most expensive hotel in the world at that time. Steve does lots of hard work in his business and enjoys a high net worth.

Awards & Nominations

Steve Wynn is a popular businessman and received the Manfred Steinfeld Humanitarian Award in the year 2009 at the 22^nd Annual Platinum Circle Awards. Apart from this, he was also awarded by the Association of Travel Marketing Executives with the ATLAS Lifetime Achievement Award for his innovation in the building resorts in the year 2005.

Steve Wynn Net Worth, Income & Salary In 2021

Steve Wynn Children Pictures

As of March 2021, The net worth of Steve Wynn is estimated at around $3.5 Billion. The primary source of his income is from several businesses that were started by his father.

Rumors and Controversy/Scandal

Wynn came in rumors when he was alleged by dozens of people that they had been the victim of sexual misconduct by Wynn. His former wife, Elaine Wynn, also accused him of coercing an employed to have sex with him. Apart from this, he also came in controversies due to his political activities.

Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.

His Facebook page has around 11k fan likes. On Instagram account, he has around 264.9k followers.

Steve Wynn's Children

Steve Wynn is a popular real estate businessman who earns a high amount of wealth and fame in his business. He has lots of luxury resorts and hotels that he built with his skills and talent in the real estate business.