Let’s get ready to … focus on what matters. After decades of work for World Wrestling Entertainment, (WWE), an executive Stephanie McMahonShe wants to be able to take some time off from her corporate job.
“As of tomorrow, I am taking a leave of absence from the majority of my responsibilities at WWE,” McMahon, 45, tweetedThursday, May 19, 2009. “WWE is a lifelong legacy for me and I look forward to returning to the company that I love after taking this time to focus on my family.”
The Connecticut native didn’t elaborate on her decision to take a sabbatical or her return details. However, she has been a long-time employee of WWE as both a businesswoman & on-camera talent. Her father. Vince McMahon, is the brand’s CEO. Stephanie has been a part-time receptionist, professional wrestler, and now she is the Chief Brand Officer. She was instrumental in the launch of the WWE Network in 2014.
“We started looking at [launching the platform]We began looking at space before the pandemic, perhaps even two years ago. It’s funny because my dad has always taught me that you have to stay slightly ahead of the curve,” the WWE Raw alum said during an appearance on the “Bill Simmons Podcast” in April 2021. “You never want to be so far ahead that people can’t get it and you never want to be behind, you want to be slightly ahead.”
She continued: “When you looked at the landscape and see these big-time players start to make moves, big-time players with a lot of capital that could be invested in technology and infrastructure. We’re not a technology company, we’re a content company. It was a smart move for us to launch, and it was scary.”
Triple H and Stephanie McMahon Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
Stephanie and her husband, Stephen, are also outside the office. Paul “Triple H” LevesqueIn October 2003, they welcomed three daughters: Aurora (15 years old), Murphy (13 years), and Vaughn (11).
“He was very flirtatious [and] he would drop hints,” Stephanie recalled of her early relationship with the WWE Hall of Fame athlete, 52, during an interview on “The Howard Stern Show” in 2002. “It was a very touchy situation, he was coming on to me and I know that it’s forbidden in our business for me to date any of the wrestlers.”
She added: “[My dad]We got the OK [to date]It was a big deal, and it had to be right. So, he let us come together and then he made us be apart — and we came back together again, and if it was meant to be, it was meant to be.”
Triple H, on the other hand, announced his retirement earlier this year, after he suffered from heart failure in September 2021.
“I was nose-diving and sort of at the 1-yard line of where you don’t want to be really, for your family and your future,” the WWE executive vice president recalled during an appearance on ESPN’s First Take March. “There’s moments in there when they’re putting you out for stuff and you think, ‘Is this it? Do you wake up from this?’ That’s tough to swallow and makes you think differently.”
