Linda McMahon is an American politician and business executive. She is the current U.S. Secretary of Education since 2025. Prior to this role, she served as the Administrator of the Small Business Administration from 2017 to 2019. McMahon is also known for her prior career as a professional wrestling promoter. She is a member of the Republican Party.
On October 4, 1948, Linda Marie Edwards (later McMahon) was born.
On August 26, 1966, Linda Edwards married Vince McMahon when she was 17 and he was 21.
In 1966, after marrying Vince McMahon, Linda McMahon enrolled at East Carolina University.
From 1968 to 1971, Vince McMahon worked as a traveling cup salesman before joining his father's company.
In 1969, Linda McMahon stated on a vetting questionnaire that she graduated from East Carolina University with a degree in education. However, her degree was actually in French.
In 1969, the McMahons moved to Gaithersburg, Maryland. Linda worked as a receptionist at a corporate law firm, translated documents, trained as a paralegal, and studied intellectual property rights.
In 1976, Linda McMahon and her husband filed for bankruptcy after a series of failed business ventures.
In 1976, Linda and Vince McMahon's daughter, Stephanie McMahon, was born.
In 1979, Vince decided to start promoting wrestling events at the Cape Cod Coliseum.
In 1980, Linda McMahon and Vince McMahon co-founded Titan Sports, Inc.
In 1984, Linda McMahon established the company's first line of action figures, "Wrestling Superstars".
In 1986, The McMahons began supporting the Special Olympics.
In 1989, Linda McMahon directed Pat Patterson to fire on-call physician George Zahorian and inform him of imminent legal charges related to steroid distribution.
In 1992, the WWE ring boy scandal occurred, in which multiple WWE personnel either resigned or were dismissed after being accused of sexually assaulting young boys. This scandal later resulted in a lawsuit against Linda McMahon in October 2024.
In 1993, Linda McMahon became president of Titan Sports, Inc.
In 1995, as Connecticut Governor, Lowell Weicker appointed Linda McMahon to the Governor's Council for the World Special Olympics.
In 1997, Linda McMahon became CEO of Titan Sports, Inc.
On May 3, 1999, Linda McMahon debuted on WWF TV during the Corporate Ministry storyline on Raw during the Attitude Era.
In August 2000, Linda McMahon initiated WWE's non-partisan voter registration campaign, "SmackDown! Your Vote", targeting the 18-to-30 voter demographic.
By 2000, after extensive lobbying efforts, fewer than half of the 50 states had athletic regulations on the wrestling industry.
In 2000, Linda McMahon was the primary negotiator for the World Wrestling Federation's TV deal with Viacom.
In 2000, the American Library Association reported the WWF's Know Your Role poster was its highest-selling poster for two straight months.
In November 2004, Linda McMahon became a member of the board of trustees of Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut.
In 2005, Linda McMahon won appointment to The Make-A-Wish Foundation of America National Advisory Council and received the Arthur M. Sackler Award from the Connecticut Grand Opera and Orchestra for WWE's support of its arts education program.
In 2006, documents stated that 75 WWE wrestlers, or approximately 40 percent, had tested positive for drug use, most commonly for steroids.
In 2006, the McMahons paid $2.5 million for the construction of a tennis facility in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania.
Since 2006, thousands of posters featuring WWE superstars have been distributed to libraries and reading facilities.
On January 29, 2007, Multichannel News named Linda McMahon to its class of "Wonder Women" for her outstanding contributions to the cable and telecommunications industries.
In May 2007, Linda McMahon appeared as the keynote speaker at the Girl Scout Council of Southwestern Connecticut's Women of Achievement Leadership Breakfast.
Following the murder-suicide of Chris Benoit in 2007, the Oversight and Government Reform Committee investigated steroid usage in the wrestling industry, including WWE, and the McMahons testified.
In 2007, WWE received the USO of Metropolitan Washington's "Legacy of Hope" award and the Secretary of Defense Exceptional Public Service Award for its support of U.S. troops.
In 2007, after Donald Trump appeared at WrestleMania 23, the McMahons donated $5 million to the Donald J. Trump Foundation in addition to the payment for the appearance.
In 2007, the McMahons donated $4 million to the Donald J. Trump Foundation.
In July 2008, WWE changed its TV parental guidelines rating from TV-14 to TV-PG.
In December 2008, at a UBS Media Conference, Linda McMahon described WWE changing the TV parental guidelines rating from TV-14 to TV-PG as a marketing strategy to attract a young generation of wrestling fans and create loyalty to the brand.
During the 2008 presidential election, Smackdown Your Vote! registered many voters online, often in affiliation with Rock the Vote.
In 2008, WWE received the GI Film Festival's Corporate Patriot Award.
In 2008, the McMahons donated over $8 million to the Fishburne Military School, Sacred Heart University, and East Carolina University.
In January 2009, Linda McMahon was appointed to the Connecticut State Board of Education by Governor Jodi Rell.
On September 16, 2009, Linda McMahon resigned from her position as CEO of WWE to run for a seat in the United States Senate from Connecticut.
In 2009, Linda McMahon left World Wrestling Entertainment to run for a seat in the United States Senate from Connecticut as a Republican.
In 2009, Linda McMahon sat on the Connecticut Board of Education for one year. She stated she had a lifelong interest in education and once planned to become a teacher.
In 2009, WWE laid off workers, which became a point of criticism during Linda McMahon's 2010 Senate campaign.
In 2009, the McMahons donated $5 million to the Donald J. Trump Foundation.
On April 1, 2010, Linda McMahon resigned from the State Board of Education. This was in response to a state election commission's legal opinion that disallowed board members from soliciting campaign contributions. She had entered the race for U.S. Senate months earlier.
As of 2010, Linda McMahon served on the board of the Close Up Foundation, a nonprofit which offers youth field trips to Washington, D.C.
During Linda McMahon's 2010 campaign, Blumenthal's campaign criticized her and WWE for accepting tax credits while laying off workers in 2009.
In 2010, Linda McMahon, running as a Republican, lost the general election for a Senate seat from Connecticut to Democrat Richard Blumenthal.
In 2010, during Linda McMahon's campaign for Senate, the 1989 memo directing the firing of a physician became known as the "Tip-Off Memo" and was used against her politically.
On September 20, 2011, in Southington, Connecticut, Linda McMahon officially announced her candidacy for U.S. Senate.
On April 13, 2012, Sacred Heart University officially dedicated and opened the Linda E. McMahon Commons Building on its main campus in Fairfield, Connecticut.
On May 18, 2012, at the Connecticut State Republican Convention, Linda McMahon earned the endorsement of the state Republican Party with a delegate vote of 658 to 351 over Chris Shays.
On August 14, 2012, Linda McMahon defeated Chris Shays by a three-to-one margin in the Republican primary, spending $15.7 million of her money on the campaign.
In 2012, Linda McMahon was the Republican nominee for Connecticut's other Senate seat but lost to Democrat Chris Murphy.
In 2012, immediately after her loss to Blumenthal, Linda McMahon hinted she would run again for Senate. She maintained a high profile following the election and became the Republican Party favorite when Joe Lieberman announced his retirement.
In 2015, Linda McMahon attended a daylong meeting near Jackson, Wyoming, with other donors and prospective political candidates. The meeting was hosted by Joe Ricketts and his son Todd and featured Republican donors who favored same-sex marriage and immigration reform.
In 2015, Linda McMahon donated $1.2 million to Future 45, a Super PAC which funded anti-Bernie Sanders advertisements; McMahon contributed additional funds to this group in 2016.
On December 7, 2016, President-elect Donald Trump nominated Linda McMahon to be the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA).
In 2016, Linda McMahon attended a daylong meeting near Jackson, Wyoming, with other donors and prospective political candidates. The meeting was hosted by Joe Ricketts and his son Todd and featured Republican donors who favored same-sex marriage and immigration reform.
In 2016, Linda McMahon donated $6 million to Rebuilding America Now, a Super PAC with the purpose of electing Donald Trump as US president.
On January 24, 2017, Linda McMahon's confirmation hearing occurred.
On February 14, 2017, Linda McMahon was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and sworn in as the 25th Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
In 2017, Linda McMahon served as the 25th Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
Throughout 2017, Linda McMahon visited 68 cities to hear from small business owners and to support the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 backed by President Trump.
On January 29, 2018, The Washington Post said the SBA's progress under Linda McMahon had been "so far, so good", crediting her with improving the SBA's offices' emergency call centers and revamping the administration's online presence on her first anniversary as head of the SBA.
On March 29, 2019, the Trump administration announced that Linda McMahon would step down as the administrator of the Small Business Administration.
On April 12, 2019, Linda McMahon officially stepped down to work on President Trump's upcoming re-election campaign.
In 2019, Linda McMahon ended her term as Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
In 2020, America First Action, a pro-Trump Super PAC chaired by Linda McMahon, helped raise $83 million for Trump's reelection campaign. McMahon also serves as chair of the board for the America First Policy Institute and later joined Howard Lutnick as co-chair of Trump's second transition team.
In 2020, after departing from the SBA in 2019, Linda McMahon worked for President Trump's reelection efforts. She went on to become the founding chairperson of the America First Policy Institute.
In 2021, Linda McMahon was the founding chairwoman of the America First Policy Institute.
In October 2024, Linda McMahon was named as a defendant in a lawsuit accusing her, her husband, and the WWE of negligence regarding the ring boy scandal. The lawsuit alleged the McMahons fostered a culture of sexual abuse within the WWE.
On November 19, 2024, Linda McMahon was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as U.S. Secretary of Education.
In December 2024, a federal judge paused the lawsuit in which Linda McMahon was named as a defendant, pending the outcome of a legal challenge to a state law that could impact the case.
On January 20, 2025, Linda McMahon's nomination was received in the U.S. Senate and referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP).
On February 13, 2025, the nomination hearing for Linda McMahon was scheduled before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP).
In February 2025, the lawsuit in which Linda McMahon was named as a defendant was allowed to proceed after being paused.
On March 3, 2025, Linda McMahon was confirmed and sworn in as the 13th U.S. Secretary of Education.
In April 2025, Linda McMahon filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit in which she was named as a defendant. She has denied the claims in the lawsuit.
In 2025, Linda McMahon served as the 13th United States Secretary of Education.
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