Steve Wynn is an American casino resort/real estate developer and art collector, with a net worth of $3.4 billion.
Wynn is one of Nevada’s richest persons, debuting at #377 on the list of the 400 richest Americans in September 2003 with a net worth of $650 million. Just six months later, his net worth had risen to $1.1 billion.
Wynn’s personal and commercial contributions to both the Las Vegas Strip and the city as a whole have permanently boosted Las Vegas’ prosperity.
What are some of Steve Wynn accolades and awards?
In May 2006, Time Magazine named Steve Wynn one of the World’s 100 Most Influential People. On October 30, 2006, President Bush appointed Wynn to the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
The American Gaming Association Hall of Fame inducted Wynn in November 2006. He has also received honorary doctorates from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Sierra Nevada College, the Culinary Institute of America, and Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island.
Forbes magazine dubbed him a “Captain of Capitalism” in 2007. From 2008 to 2011, Wynn was named as one of Institutional Investor’s Best CEOs in the All-America Executive Team Survey.
In March 2011, Barron’s named Steve Wynn one of the 30 “World’s Best CEOs.”
In November 2014, Wynn was placed 17th on the Harvard Business Review’s list of the world’s top 100 CEOs.
He also got an honorary doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania in 2006, which was revoked after Wynn’s sexual misconduct claims in 2018.
In June 2022, the International Hospitality Institute named him as one of the 100 most powerful people in global hospitality.
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