Mr. McMahon

Vincent Kennedy "Vince" McMahon (born August 24, 1945) is an American professional wrestler, promoter, in-ring announcer, play-by-play commentator and film producer, known by the ring name Mr. McMahon. He is also the Chairman of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Board of directors and majority shareholder of WWE. He is the creator of most WWE television programs. After acquiring World Championship Wrestling in 2001 and Extreme Championship Wrestling in 2003 two years after its closure, McMahon's WWE became the sole remaining major American professional wrestling promotion (prior to the national expansion of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and to a lesser extent Ring of Honor). As an on-camera character, he mainly appears on the Raw brand but makes appearances on the SmackDown and ECW brands, as well. McMahon plays a character based on himself in the world of the WWE, and is a one time WWF Champion, a one time ECW World Champion and the 1999 Royal Rumble winner. Early life and career McMahon was born on August 24, 1945 in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Vince spent the majority of his childhood living with his mother and a string of stepfathers. In an interview with Playboy, McMahon claimed that one of his stepfathers, Leo Lupton, used to beat his mother and would attack him as well when he tried to protect her. He said, "It is unfortunate that he died before I could kill him. I would have enjoyed that." His father, Vincent J. McMahon, was the promoter for the Capitol Wrestling Corp., but he had left the family while McMahon was still a baby. He did not meet his father until age 12, and at that point became interested in following his father's footsteps in the wrestling business, as he often accompanied him on trips to Madison Square Garden. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.