Linda McMahon

United States Secretary of Education since 2025

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Age
78
Born 1948
Known for
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
2001

Summary

Updated 2026-06-08

She ran the WWE's transformation from northeastern wrestling promoter to global entertainment empire, then pivoted to two failed Senate runs and a cabinet seat overseeing education—a department she once helped campaign to abolish.

Biography

About

Linda McMahon co-founded Titan Sports with her husband Vince in 1980 and served as president, then CEO, steering the company's expansion into what became World Wrestling Entertainment. She launched civic programs like Get R.E.A.L. and SmackDown! Your Vote, and stepped into the ring herself for storylines including a feud with Vince that peaked at WrestleMania X-Seven. In 2009 she left WWE to run for U.S. Senate in Connecticut as a Republican, losing to Richard Blumenthal in 2010 and Chris Murphy in 2012. Trump named her Administrator of the Small Business Administration in 2016; she was confir…

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