Stephanie McMahon On Becoming Co-CEO Of WWE After Taking A Leave Of Absence

Aug 16, 2022

For months now WWE has been going through some shocking changes and many people were surprised when Stephanie McMahon announced back in May that she was taking a leave of absence from the company. However, her leave of absence didn’t last long as she was named interim CEO after it was revealed that the WWE Board of Directors was investigating allegations linked to Vince McMahon.

A lot has happened since then as Vince has retired from WWE and Stephanie McMahon is now co-CEO along with Nick Khan. During WWE’s recent Q2 financial earnings call Stephanie addressed her leave of absence while emphasizing that she wasn’t forced into returning to the company.

“I’ve worked my entire life for this business, I love this business. I took a leave of absence, realizing that I needed a little bit of time with my family given the grueling schedule and nature. I got about three weeks, which is more than a lot of other folks get. I was not forced into returning as CEO and Chairman in the interim position. I offered. That was an opportunity for me to come back and be part of this company that I love and have the opportunity to lead this company.

This business is something I believe in to my core. I believe in the impact we make on people’s lives, not only growing the business, which I believe we have so many opportunities to do as has been laid out by all of us, but because of the impact we make. We truly bring people together for generations from all over the world with all different backgrounds. We give them relief, entertainment, an opportunity to come together that is very rare, unusual, and special. Whatever we can do to continue to deliver on that promise is what we want to do.”