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.
Who is Steve Wynn married to?
Wynn married Elaine Farrell Pascal in 1963. They divorced in 1986, remarried in 1991, and were divorced again in 2010. Elaine Wynn served as a director of the company’s board for 13 years, until 2015. They have two daughters named Kevyn and Gillian.
Kevyn was kidnapped in 1993, and Wynn paid a ransom of $1.45 million for her safe release. The kidnappers were captured when one attempted to buy a Ferrari in Newport Beach, California, using cash. Kevyn was discovered uninjured many hours later.
On April 30, 2011, Wynn married Andrea Danenza Hissom in a ceremony held at the Wynn Las Vegas. She is the mother of Alex Hissom and art gallery owner Nick Hissom. Great-niece of Ben Novack (creator of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach Hotel), and cousin of Ben Novack Jr.
Wynn suffers from retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye illness that was detected in 1971. Wynn went vegan in 2010 after watching Mike Anderson’s documentary Eating.
Meanwhile, in 1971, Wynn acquired a majority interest in the Golden Nugget Las Vegas, one of the city’s oldest casinos. His corporate ownership grew to the point that, in 1973, he became the majority shareholder and the youngest casino owner in Las Vegas.
He opened the first hotel tower at the Golden Nugget in 1977, followed by numerous more. Frank Sinatra was a frequent headliner at the Golden Nugget, and Wynn has maintained a relationship with the Sinatra family, even calling a restaurant at Encore “Sinatra”.
In 1980, Wynn started building the Golden Nugget Atlantic City in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It was Atlantic City’s first and only “locals casino” and the city’s sixth casino since gambling was legalized in 1976. The Golden Nugget was designed by Joel Bergman, who had previously designed Wynn’s other resorts.
Though it was the city’s second smallest casino when it opened, it had become the city’s highest-earning casino by 1983. Wynn sold the Atlantic City Golden Nugget in 1987 for $440 million.
Source: www.ghgossip.com
