Elaine Farrell Wynn is an American billionaire businesswoman, philanthropist and art collector.
13 Facts About Elaine Wynn
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Elaine Wynn co-founded Mirage Resorts and Wynn Resorts with her former husband, Steve Wynn.
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Elaine Wynn has supported education causes, the performing arts and the visual arts.
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Elaine Wynn graduated from George Washington University, where she received a bachelor of arts degree in Political Science in 1964.
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Elaine Wynn co-founded the Mirage Resorts with her former husband in 1976.
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Elaine Wynn played a pivotal role in the resurgence and expansion of the Las Vegas Strip with her former husband.
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In June 2018, Elaine Wynn successfully led a shareholder proxy campaign to remove John Hagenbuch from the board, due to his conflict of interest created by ties to the company's former CEO.
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Elaine Wynn served as the chair of the UNLV Foundation, a fundraising organization for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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Elaine Wynn served on the executive board of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education.
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Elaine Wynn serves on the national board of directors of Communities In Schools, a non-profit organization which supports financially disadvantaged schoolchildren.
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Elaine Wynn was appointed to Nevada's Blue Ribbon Education Reform Task Force in 2011, and on Nevada's State Board of Education in 2013 and 2015.
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Elaine Wynn was appointed to the board of trustees of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts by President Barack Obama in 2011.
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Elaine Wynn serves as the co-chair of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.