{{Short description|Irish-American business family}} {{distinguish|MacMahon family}} {{Cleanup|reason=too much info bombarded|date=October 2024}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox family | name = McMahon | image = | crest = | image_caption = The McMahon Family together at the 2017 ''WWE Hall of Fame'' ceremony<br>Left to right: Marissa, Shane, Linda, Stephanie, and Triple H. | region = Connecticut and New York, U.S. | early_forms = | origin = County Galway, Ireland | members = Vincent K. McMahon<br>Linda McMahon<br>Shane McMahon<br>Stephanie McMahon<br> Paul "Triple H" Levesque (via marriage to Stephanie McMahon) | connectedmembers = Jess McMahon<br>Vincent J. McMahon | distinctions = | heirlooms = | estate = | meaning = | footnotes = }} The '''McMahon family''' ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|k|ˈ|m|æ|n}} {{respell|mək|MAN}}) is an Irish-American family known for their ownership of WWE, the world's largest professional wrestling promotion. Vince McMahon, a third-generation wrestling promoter, was the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of WWE from 1982 until 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-30 |title=Vince McMahon Profile: Bio, News, Videos, Socials & More |url=https://www.si.com/fannation/wrestling/vince-mcmahon-profile |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=Wrestling On Fannation |language=en-US}}</ref> Shane McMahon is a fourth-generation professional wrestling promoter.
In April 2023, Vince McMahon sold WWE to Endeavor, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The sale was finalized in September 2023, resulting in the merger of WWE and UFC into TKO Group Holdings. Vince McMahon retired in January 2024 during a sex trafficking scandal.<ref name="Farrell 2024">{{cite web |last=Farrell |first=James |title=WWE Founder Vince McMahon Resigns After Sex Trafficking Accusations—Here Are The Previous Allegations Against Him |website=Forbes | date=2024-01-27 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesfarrell/2024/01/27/vince-mcmahon-resigns-as-head-of-wwe-parent-firm-tko-after-sexual-trafficking-accusations-here-are-the-previous-allegations-against-him/ |access-date=2024-10-01}}</ref> The McMahon family has also branched out into movie production (WWE Studios) and American football through the XFL. As of {{CURRENTYEAR}}, the McMahon family maintains its 5.35% ownership stake of TKO Group Holdings with Vince McMahon owning 4.06% of the company.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://wrestlenomics.com/articles/2024/who-owns-wwe-after-the-tko-merger-and-before/ | title=Who owns WWE after the TKO merger (And before) | Vince McMahon, Dwayne Johnson, Ari Emanuel ownership - as of March 2025 | date=13 March 2025 }}</ref>
== History == [[File:Vince McMahon Sr and Vince McMahon Jr.jpg|left|thumb|Vincent J. McMahon and Vincent K. McMahon, {{Circa|1970s}}]] The family's wrestling business started in 1915 when Jess McMahon (1882–1954), a descendant of the Thomond McMahon clan in Western Ireland,<ref name="VinceJ">{{cite web|url=https://www.wwe.com/superstars/halloffame/vincemcmahon/bio/ |title=Vince McMahon, Sr. biography|access-date=June 4, 2008|work=WWE|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329182231/https://www.wwe.com/superstars/halloffame/vincemcmahon/bio/|archive-date=March 29, 2008|url-status=dead }}</ref> started promoting wrestling events. In 1953, Jess and his son, Vincent J. McMahon, founded the Capitol Wrestling Corporation, later renamed the World Wide Wrestling Federation, and then the World Wrestling Federation.<ref name="VinceJ" />
Vince J. McMahon Sr. married twice, first to Victoria Askew and then to Juanita Johnston.<ref name="Roderick">{{cite book|title=National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Professional Wrestling|last=Hornbaker|first=Tim|year=2007|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=978-1-55022-741-3}}</ref><ref name="Vickie">{{cite web|url=https://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2007/08/22/4437881.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711122752/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2007/08/22/4437881.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 11, 2015|title=Anyone for tennis? Mr. McMahon!|first=Ryan|last=Nation|access-date=June 4, 2008|publisher=CANOE|date=August 22, 2007}}</ref><ref name="Juanita">{{cite web|first=John|last=Petrie|url=https://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1998/raw011998 |title=WWF Raw recap |access-date=June 4, 2008|publisher=The Other Arena |date=January 19, 1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010521225921/https://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1998%2Fraw011998 |archive-date=May 21, 2001|url-status=dead }}</ref> Upon his retirement in 1982, his son from his first marriage, Vince McMahon Jr., took over the business. Vince McMahon Jr. served as chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the company until July 2022, when he retired during a sex scandal investigation.<ref name="Adams 2022">{{cite web |last=Adams |first=Matt |date=July 22, 2022 |title=WWE owner Vince McMahon announces his retirement amid a sex scandal investigation |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/07/22/1113109879/vince-mcmahon-retirement-wwe-sex-scandal-alleged-hush-money |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725003720/https://www.npr.org/2022/07/22/1113109879/vince-mcmahon-retirement-wwe-sex-scandal-alleged-hush-money |archive-date=2022-07-25 |access-date=July 25, 2022 |website=NPR.org}}</ref> On January 10, 2023 Vince McMahon Jr. was re-elected chairman.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 12, 2023 |title=WWE Board of Directors Unanimously Elects Vince McMahon Chairman of the Board |url=https://corporate.wwe.com/about/news/2023/01-12-2023 |access-date=October 20, 2024 |website=WWE.com}}</ref> The company was renamed World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE) in 2002 and Alpha Entertainment, LLC in 2017.<ref name="alphaentllc">{{cite web|url=https://www.alphaentllc.com/|website=alphaentllc.com|title=Alpha Entertainment LLC|access-date=March 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=https://corporate.wwe.com/documents/LEMSenateFINAL.pdf|title=WWE'S Linda McMahon Resigns to Run for U.S. Senate|date=September 16, 2009|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|access-date=September 16, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007172547/https://corporate.wwe.com/documents/LEMSenateFINAL.pdf|archive-date=2009-10-07}}</ref><ref name="VinceK">{{cite web|url=https://stars.ign.com/objects/915/915330_biography.html|title=Vince McMahon biography|access-date=June 4, 2008|publisher=IGN|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116114423/https://stars.ign.com/objects/915/915330_biography.html|archive-date=November 16, 2007}}</ref>
[[File:Triple H and Stephanie McMahon 2014.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Paul "Triple H" Levesque and Stephanie McMahon in 2014]] Vince and Linda McMahon have two children, Shane and Stephanie.<ref name="Linda" /> Shane is married to Marissa Mazzola,<ref name="Shane">{{cite web|url=https://www.nndb.com/people/157/000159677/|title=Shane McMahon biography|access-date=June 4, 2008|publisher=NNDB}}</ref> and Stephanie is married to Paul Levesque, known as Triple H.<ref name="Linda">{{cite web|url=https://corporate.wwe.com/company/bios/le_mcmahon.jsp |title=Linda McMahon biography |access-date=June 4, 2008|work=WWE|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416084841/https://corporate.wwe.com/company/bios/le_mcmahon.jsp |archive-date=April 16, 2009}}</ref> Stephanie and Paul have three daughters: Aurora Rose, Murphy Claire, and Vaughn Evelyn.<ref name="Aurora">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/archive/itsagirl|title=It's a girl|date=2006-07-24|access-date=2008-06-04|publisher=WWE}}</ref> Shane and Marissa have three sons: Declan James, Kenyon Jesse, and Rogan Henry.<ref name="Shane" />
Linda McMahon stepped down as CEO of WWE to run for the United States Senate in Connecticut. Their son, Shane, left WWE in 2010 to become chairman and CEO of YOU On Demand Inc., a New York City-based company operating primarily in China. Shane returned to WWE in 2016 as an on-screen talent. Vince, Stephanie, and Shane were the only three members born into the McMahon family working under the brand as of 2021. As of June 2016, the WWE had a market cap of over $1.38 billion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1091907/000109190714000008/wwe12311310kdoc.htm|title=WWE 12.31.13 10K Doc|website=www.sec.gov}}</ref> In December 2016, Linda was nominated to be the Administrator of the Small Business Administration by President Donald Trump, and she held the position from 2017 to 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00065|title=Senate confirmation vote PN48|date=February 14, 2017|access-date=February 14, 2017}}</ref>
In January 2023, speculation arose that WWE had been placed for sale.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sherman |first=Alex |date=January 7, 2023 |title=Vince McMahon is back at WWE to ensure a smooth sale process. Here's who might want to buy it |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/07/who-would-buy-wwe-as-mcmahon-returns-to-board-to-pursue-sale.html |access-date=January 10, 2023 |work=CNBC |archive-date=January 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109222343/https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/07/who-would-buy-wwe-as-mcmahon-returns-to-board-to-pursue-sale.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Hours before WrestleMania 39 Night two, CNBC reported via multiple sources that a deal between WWE and Endeavor, the parent company of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), was imminent. The deal involved a merger of WWE with the UFC into a new publicly-traded company, with Endeavor holding a 51% stake.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Alex|date=April 2, 2023|title=WWE near deal to be sold to UFC parent Endeavor, sources say|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/02/wwe-ufc-endeavor-deal.html|access-date=April 2, 2023|work=CNBC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402205348/https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/02/wwe-ufc-endeavor-deal.html|archive-date=April 2, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> The sale was confirmed the next day, on April 3, 2023. WrestleMania 39 subsequently became the final WrestleMania event under McMahon family ownership, though Vince maintained his position as executive chairman of WWE.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/03/business/wwe-sale/index.html|title=WWE is combining with UFC to form a new company|date=April 3, 2023|last=Valinsky|first=Jordan|work=CNN|access-date=April 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403120150/https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/03/business/wwe-sale/index.html|archive-date=April 3, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> The sale was finalized on September 12, with 2023 Payback being the final major event produced by WWE under the McMahon family ownership. WWE and UFC subsequently became divisions under a new entity called TKO Group Holdings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230906574317/en/Endeavor-and-WWE®-Deal-to-Create-TKO-Group-Holdings-Expected-to-Close-September-12|title=Endeavor and WWE® Deal to Create TKO Group Holdings Expected to Close September 12|date=September 7, 2023|work=Business Wire|access-date=September 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907145710/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230906574317/en/Endeavor-and-WWE%C2%AE-Deal-to-Create-TKO-Group-Holdings-Expected-to-Close-September-12|archive-date=September 7, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> By early 2024, Vince McMahon (no longer the majority stockholder in WWE) was removed due to a sex trafficking scandal involving a former employee.<ref name="byebyevince">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/business/vince-mcmahon-resigns-wwe.html|title=Wrestling icon Vince McMahon resigns from WWE parent company after sex abuse suit|first=Kevin|last=Draper|work=New York Times|date=January 26, 2024|accessdate=January 27, 2024}}</ref>
== Family tree == {{Tree chart/start}} {{Tree chart|| | | ROD |~|y|~| LIZ |ROD=Roderick McMahon<br>(1844–1922)|LIZ=Elizabeth Dowling<br>(1846–1911)}} {{Tree chart| | | | | | ROD |~|y|~| ROS |ROD=Roderick James "Jess" McMahon<br>(1882–1954)|ROS=Rose E. Davis<br>(1891–1958)}} {{Tree chart| | | | | | | | | |!| | | | |}} {{Tree chart| | | | | VCT |y| VNJ |~| JUN |VNJ=Vincent James McMahon<br>(1914–1984)|VCT=Victoria H. Hanner<br />(1920–2022)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://askew-houser.com/tribute/details/4499/Victoria-Askew/obituary.html#tribute-start|title=Victoria Askew Obituary|publisher=Askew-Houser Funeral Home|access-date=2022-01-29}}</ref>|JUN=Juanita W. Johnston<br>(1916–1998)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/ssdi/doc/ssdi/v1:11313F41B873B525|title=Juanita W. McMahon|publisher=Genealogy Bank|access-date=2009-03-20}}</ref>}} {{Tree chart| | | | | | | |!| | | | | | |}} {{Tree chart| | | | | | VNK |y| LND | | |VNK=Vincent Kennedy McMahon<br />(born 1945)|LND=Linda Marie Edwards<br>(born 1948)}} {{Tree chart| | | | | |,|-|-|^|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|.| |}} {{Tree chart| | | | | STP |y| HHH | | | | | | MAC |y| MAR | |STP=Stephanie Marie McMahon<br />(born 1976)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profile/stephanie-mcmahon/|title=Stephanie McMahon profile|access-date=2008-06-04|publisher=Online World Of Wrestling}}</ref>|HHH=Paul Michael Levesque<br>(born 1969)<ref name="HHH">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/helmsley.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429201914/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/helmsley.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 29, 2015|title=Triple H biography|author=John Milner and Jason Clevett|access-date=2008-06-04|publisher=CANOE|date=2004-12-05}}</ref>|MAC=Shane Brandon McMahon<br />(born 1970)|MAR=Marissa Mazzola<br>(born 1973)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bios/m/marissa-mazzola/|title=Marissa Mazzola profile|access-date=2018-05-24|publisher=Online World Of Wrestling}}</ref>}} {{Tree chart| | | |,|-|-|-|+|-|-|-|.| | | |,|-|-|-|+|-|-|-|.| |}} {{Tree chart| | | AUR | | MUR | | VAU | | DEC | | KEN | | ROG |AUR=Aurora Rose Levesque<br>(born 2006)|MUR=Murphy Claire Levesque<br>(born 2008)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.ign.com/articles/894/894564p1.html|title=Stephanie McMahon gives birth to second child|date=2008-07-28|access-date=2008-07-28|publisher=IGN|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080805120330/http://sports.ign.com/articles/894/894564p1.html|archive-date=2008-08-05}}</ref>|VAU=Vaughn Evelyn Levesque<br />(born 2010)|DEC=Declan James McMahon<br>(born 2004)|KEN=Kenyon Jesse McMahon<br>(born 2006)|ROG=Rogan Henry McMahon<br>(born 2010)}} {{Tree chart/end}}
== McMahon job titles == * Vince McMahon – former Executive Chairman of TKO Group Holdings; former chairman and CEO of WWE, minority owner of TKO Group Holdings * Linda McMahon – Chair of America First Policy Institute, former SBA Administrator; former CEO of WWE; current United States Secretary of Education, minority owner of TKO Group Holdings * Stephanie McMahon – former Chairwoman and former co-CEO of WWE; former Chief Brand Officer of WWE, minority owner of TKO Group Holdings * Shane McMahon – former executive Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ideanomics; former minority owner of WWE<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thurston |first=Brandon |date=2025-06-05 |title=Who owns WWE after the TKO merger (and before) {{!}} Vince McMahon, Dwayne Johnson, Ari Emanuel ownership - as of June 2025 |url=https://wrestlenomics.com/articles/2024/who-owns-wwe-after-the-tko-merger-and-before/ |access-date=2026-05-01 |website=Wrestlenomics |language=en-US}}</ref> * Paul "Triple H" Levesque – Chief Content Officer and Head of Creative of WWE
== See also == * List of family relations in professional wrestling
== References == {{reflist}}
{{McMahonFamily}} {{WWE}} {{XFL}} {{TKO Group Holdings}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mcmahon Wrestling Family}} Category:McMahon family Category:American families of Irish ancestry Category:Business families of the United States Category:American professional wrestling families Category:WWE Category:WWE executives Category:History of WWE Category:XFL (2001) Category:XFL (2020–2023) owners