Wildcatter Profiles: Elaine Wynn

An American business woman, philanthropist and art collector.

Elaine Wynn: American business woman, philanthropist and art collector

  • Co-founded Mirage Resorts and Wynn Resorts with her former husband, Steve Wynn.
  • #9 on the Forbes list of America’s Self-Made Women
  • She is president of the Nevada State Board of Education
  • Co-chair of the board of Los Angeles County Museum of Art, where she pledged $50 million to build a new home for its permanent collection
  • Serves on the Board of Trustees of the Elaine P. Wynn & Family Foundation
  • Serves on the National Board of Directors of Communities in Schools, a non-profit supporting financially disadvantaged school children
  • Serves on the board of the Basketball Hall of Fame
  • President Barack Obama appointed her to the Board of Trustees of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 2011
  • In 2013, she bought Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud for a US $142.4 million. It is now on loan at the Portland Art Museum.
  • Net worth: US $2.7 billion