McMahon was active with the WWE from 1980 to 2009. During this time, the company grew from a small regional business in the North East to a large multinational corporation.
As President and later CEO of the company, she created the company's civic programs, Get REAL and Smackdown Your Vote. She occasionally made on-screen appearances, most notably in a wrestling "feud" with her husband which climaxed at WrestleMania X-Seven. McMahon and her husband became wealthy through WWE's success, and the McMahon family name is now synonymous with the professional wrestling industry.[6]
In 2017, she visited 68 cities to hear from small business owners and to support the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 supported by President Trump.[12] On McMahon's first anniversary as head of the SBA, on January 29, 2018, The Washington Post said the SBA's progress under McMahon had been "so far, so good" and said she helped fix the SBA's offices' emergency call centers in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.[13]
On March 29, 2019, it was officially made public by the Trump administration that McMahon would be stepping down as the Administrator of the Small Business Administration.[14][15] The resignation took effect on April 12, 2019.[16][17]
On April 15, 2019, McMahon was officially named Chairman of America First Action, a pro-Trump Super PAC.[18]
Sexual abuse lawsuit
In October 2024, McMahon was named as a defendant in a lawsuit, accusing her, her husband, and WWE of ignoring the "ring boys" scandal, in which multiple WWE personnel, including ring announcer Mel Phillips and wrestlers Pat Patterson and Terry Garvin, either resigned or were fired in 1992 after being accused of sexually assaulting young boys.[19][20][21]
McMahon's possible involvement in the ring boys scandal was known before she became Small Business Administrator.[19][21] The lawsuit also said that the McMahons helped create an environment where sexual abuse within the WWE was easy to do.[19][21]
U.S. Secretary of Education
On November 19, 2024, President-elect Trump nominated McMahon to serve as his secretary of education for his second administration.[2]
Personal life
McMahon married Vince McMahon in 1966. Together they had two children: Shane and Stephanie. McMahon is a Roman Catholic.[22] In 2024, McMahon separated from her husband after many sexual assault accusations came out against him.[23]
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