Vincent Kennedy "Vince" McMahon Jr. (born August 24, 1945) is an American professional wrestling promoter, announcer, commentator, film producer and a retired professional wrestler. McMahon currently serves as the chairman and CEO of professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and is the majority shareholder of the company. After acquiring WCW and ECW, McMahon's WWE became the sole remaining major American professional wrestling promotion (prior to the national expansion of TNA and ROH).
As an on-camera character (from 1997–present), he appears on all WWE brands (though the majority of the time, he appears on Raw). McMahon plays a character known by the ring name Mr. McMahon, based on himself in the world of the WWE, and is a former WWE Champion as well as a former ECW World Champion. He was also the winner of the 1999 Royal Rumble.
Vince is the husband of Linda McMahon, with whom he ran WWE from its establishment in 1980 until she resigned as CEO in September, 2009. Linda was also active in the wrestling ring from 1999-2001. In 2010, she is running a self-financed campaign for the US Senate as a Republican.
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