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Vince McMahon

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vince McMahon is the 13th most popular businessperson (down from 11th in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from United States (down from 94th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Businessperson.

Vince McMahon is most famous for being the CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. He has been the head of the company since he bought it from his father in 1982. He is also the majority owner of the company.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Vince McMahon ranks 13 out of 847. Before him are Oskar Schindler, George Soros, John D. Rockefeller, Jeff Bezos, Sepp Blatter, and Bernie Madoff. After him are Aristotle Onassis, Robert McNamara, Ingvar Kamprad, Jamsetji Tata, Florentino Pérez, and Cosimo de' Medici.

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Among people born in 1945, Vince McMahon ranks 8. Before him are Rodrigo Duterte, Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and Aung San Suu Kyi. After him are Lemmy, Radovan Karadžić, Priscilla Presley, Debbie Harry, Tom Selleck, and Eric Clapton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vince McMahon ranks 109 out of 20,380. Before him are Theodore Roosevelt (1858), Charles H. Townes (1915), Bernie Madoff (1938), Richard Stallman (1953), Louis Armstrong (1901), and Marvin Gaye (1939). After him are Jim Morrison (1943), Calvin Klein (1942), John Stith Pemberton (1831), Edwin McMillan (1907), Samuel Morse (1791), and Ezra Pound (1885).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Vince McMahon ranks 7. Before him are Howard Hughes (1905), Bill Gates (1955), Warren Buffett (1930), John D. Rockefeller (1839), Jeff Bezos (1964), and Bernie Madoff (1938). After him are Robert McNamara (1916), Tim Cook (1960), Fred Trump (1905), William Boeing (1881), Jeffrey Epstein (1953), and Estée Lauder (1906).

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