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Linda McMahon
American business executive and U.S. secretary of education
Personal details
- Full name
- Linda Marie McMahon
- Education
- East Carolina University, bachelor’s degree in French, 1969
- Spouse
- Vince McMahon
- Children
- Shane and Stephanie
- Public offices
- Administrator of Small Business Administration, 2017–2019; secretary of education, from March 2025
- Political transition
- Co-chair, Trump–Vance 2025 transition (2024)
Linda McMahon is an American business executive and U.S. secretary of education.
Business and federal service
McMahon was a leader and co-founder of World Wrestling Entertainment and ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in Connecticut in 2010 and 2012. She served as administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration from 2017 to 2019. She was sworn in as secretary of education on March 3, 2025.
AFPI and presidential transition
McMahon chaired the board of the America First Policy Institute. In August 2024, the Trump campaign announced that she and Howard Lutnick would co-chair its separately constituted Trump–Vance 2025 presidential transition organization.
References
Research compiled through November 12, 2026. Sources and historical roles are dated where known.