Accolades
In 2005, the Association of Travel Marketing Executives awarded Steve Wynn the ATLAS Lifetime Achievement Award for his innovation in building resorts in Las Vegas.
In May 2006, Time magazine included Wynn as one of the World's 100 Most Influential People.
Wynn was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts by President George W. Bush on October 30, 2006.
In November 2006, Wynn was inducted into the American Gaming Association Hall of Fame.
Wynn was also the recipient of an honorary doctorate degree at the University of Pennsylvania’s 250th Commencement Ceremony in recognition of his transformative vision of Las Vegas in 2006 and has since received honorary doctoral degrees from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Sierra Nevada College; The Culinary Institute of America; and Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island.
Forbes Magazine named him a “Captain of Capitalism” in 2007.
In 2009, Wynn received the Manfred Steinfeld Humanitarian Award at the 22nd Annual Platinum Circle Awards.
On July 26, 2009, a segment on Wynn was aired on the CBS News series 60 Minutes.
Wynn was named to Institutional Investor's Best CEOs list in the All-America Executive Team Survey from 2008 through 2011.
In March 2011, Barron's named Steve Wynn one of the 30 “World’s Best CEOs” while Fortune simultaneously recognized Wynn Resorts as one of the “World’s Most Admired Companies.”
In September 2012, Wynn Resorts is sole Nevada company on Fortune Magazine's List of "100 Fastest-Growing Companies".
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