Stephanie McMahon

Stephanie McMahon
McMahon in 2018
Born
Stephanie Marie McMahon

(1976-09-24) September 24, 1976 (age 48)
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Alma materBoston University (BS)
Occupations
  • Businesswoman
  • professional wrestler
Years active
  • 1989–present (business)
  • 1998–2018 (wrestling)
Title
Board member of
Spouse
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(m. 2003)​
Children3
Parents
FamilyMcMahon
Ring name(s)
  • Stephanie McMahon[6]
  • Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley[6]
Billed height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[7]
Billed weight143 lb (65 kg)[7]
Billed fromGreenwich, Connecticut
DebutJune 27, 1998
RetiredApril 8, 2018
Signature

Stephanie Marie McMahon Levesque[8][9] (/məkˈmæn/ mək-MAN; née McMahon; born September 24, 1976)[6] is an American businesswoman and retired professional wrestler. She is known for her various roles within WWE between 1998 and 2023.[10]

The daughter of Vince and Linda McMahon, she is a fourth-generation wrestling promoter as a member of the McMahon family. She began working for WWE at age 13, modeling merchandise for various catalogs. McMahon began appearing regularly on-air for WWE (then WWF as the World Wrestling Federation) in 1999 as a part of a storyline with The Undertaker. After a brief on-screen relationship with Test, McMahon was engaged to Triple H – whom she married both on-screen and later in real life – which resulted in the McMahon-Helmsley faction storyline. She has held the WWF Women's Championship once. In 2001, she was the on-screen owner of Extreme Championship Wrestling during The Invasion. The following year, she was the general manager of SmackDown, but stopped appearing regularly on television after an "I Quit" match with her father.

After making only sporadic appearances for several years, McMahon began appearing regularly on Raw in 2008 as their general manager before disappearing once again. She returned to regular on-air appearances in 2013, this time under the gimmick of an unctuous, judgmental, bullying owner along with on-screen chief operating officer Triple H. They became a power couple and formed the stable The Authority, making what were often shady decrees while claiming only to be concerned for "what's best for business", all the while romanticizing each other in the process with public displays of affection. McMahon wrestled her final in-ring match at WrestleMania 34 in April 2018, after which she continued to focus on executive roles within the company.

McMahon's business career began as an account executive for the WWF offices in New York, before becoming the company's head writer and director of creative writing. In 2006, she was promoted to senior vice president of creative writing. A year later, she became the executive vice president of creative. From 2013 to 2022, McMahon served as the company's chief brand officer. In July 2022, McMahon was named the chairwoman and co-CEO of WWE, alongside Nick Khan, following her father's retirement.[11] She then resigned from WWE in January 2023 following her father's return to the company.

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  3. ^ "Stephanie McMahon joins Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Board of Trustees". WWE Community. Archived from the original on September 25, 2022. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
  4. ^ "Home". usometrodc.org. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014.
  5. ^ "WWE Elects Stephanie McMahon, Paul Levesque and Robyn Peterson to B.O.D." WWE Corporate. Archived from the original on February 26, 2015.
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  7. ^ a b "Stephanie McMahon". CAGEMATCH.net. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference corp was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Palumbo, Dave. "Stephanie Levesque: First Daughter of the WWE, Super Mom of 3, Woman with Food Demons!". RXMuscle. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
  10. ^ "Stephanie McMahon Resigns as Co-CEO of WWE". Variety. January 10, 2023. Archived from the original on January 10, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  11. ^ "WWE & Board of Directors Announce New CO-CEOs Stephanie McMahon and Nick Khan". WWE. Archived from the original on July 25, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2023.