Vincent Kennedy McMahon is a third-generation wrestling promoter and former Chairman and CEO of WWE, where he served as majority shareholder with approximately 88% voting power until resigning in 2022 amid a scandal, briefly returning as Executive Chairman in 2023 before a permanent resignation following a federal investigation. He now leads the post-WWE venture 14TH&I. McMahon debuted as a ring announcer for WWWF All-Star Wrestling in 1969, promoted his first card in 1971, and purchased his father Vincent James McMahon's Capitol Wrestling Corporation in 1982, transforming it into a national entity through syndication on 30 TV stations by 1979, pay-per-view, closed-circuit TV, and launching WrestleMania in 1985, which peaked at over 1 million PPV buys for WrestleMania X-6 in 2000. He pioneered the WWE Network as the first 24/7 direct-to-consumer service in 2014, occasionally wrestled (debut 1998), commentated until 1997, and served as an on-camera personality known as 'Mr. McMahon.' Outside wrestling, he founded the World Bodybuilding Federation and relaunched the XFL football league post-2020. A long-time business associate of Emanuel and close ally of Donald Trump, McMahon has received honors including a Hollywood Walk of Fame star (2008), Promax/BDA Lifetime Achievement Award, Cablefax Hall of Fame (2008), Variety500 listing (since 2017), and Most Influential People in Sports Business (Sports Business Journal, 2019). He is active on X/Twitter @VinceMcMahon. Billed at 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) and 248 lb (112 kg), McMahon holds a business degree from East Carolina University (1968) and attended Fishburne Military School, graduating in 1964. Born to wrestling promoter Vince Sr. (of Irish descent via grandparents Jess McMahon and Rose Davis), he endured a tumultuous childhood in Pinehurst, North Carolina, raised under the surname Lupton from abusive stepfather Leo Lupton after his father left shortly after his birth, taking older brother Roderick Jr.; reunited with his father at age 12, McMahon has publicly discussed enduring sexual abuse as a youth (not from a male) and claimed to have run moonshine as a teen in Harlowe, North Carolina. Married to Linda McMahon (longtime wife and WWE co-founder), with whom he has children Shane McMahon (son) and Stephanie McMahon (daughter, whose husband is Paul Levesque, aka Triple H); recent reports confirm their separation. McMahon faces multiple controversies, including lawsuits alleging sexual abuse and misconduct—such as ignoring abuse reports, pressuring former employee Janel Grant for sex involving explicit content and possible sex trafficking (2024 lawsuit)—and repaying WWE $17.4 million in investigation costs; he has been accused of using auto-delete Signal messaging during document preservation for WWE sale litigation, involving associates like Ari Emanuel and Nick Khan, with ongoing federal probes as of recent reports.