Angus G. Wynne

Angus G. Wynne

Angus Gilchrist Wynne, Jr. (born January 9, 1914 in Kaufman County, Texas - died March 12, 1979 in Dallas) was an American businessman. He is the founder of Wynnewood Shopping Center and community development in Oak Cliff, a suburb of Dallas. He also developed the Six Flags Over Texas, Six Flags Over Georgia, and Six Flags St. Louis theme parks in Texas, Georgia, and Missouri. He was CEO of Great Southwest Corp and Great Southwest Industrial District in Arlington, Texas. Angus Wynne, Jr. later started Wynne Enterprises, conceptualizing one of the first water amusement parks in Galveston, Texas, but died before his dream could be developed.

Angus, Jr. was the son of Angus G. Wynne, Sr. of Texas and Nemo Shelmire Wynne, born in Louisiana (1920 U.S. Census reveals her place of birth as Louisiana, but newspaper articles and the 1930 U.S. Census shows his birth was in Texas). His father and grandfather practiced law in Wills Point until his family moved to Dallas around 1928. Angus G. Wynne, Sr. was the and first President of the State Bar of Texas.