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<p>WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; President-elect Donald Trump is adding former wrestling executive Linda McMahon to his Cabinet as leader of the Small Business Administration.</p><p>McMahon and her husband, Vince, founded and built World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., now a publicly traded sports entertainment company. She stepped down as the company&#8217;s chief executive officer in 2009 and in recent years began a start-up to encourage more women business owners.</p><p>She also poured $100 million of her fortune into two unsuccessful bids for a U.S. Senate seat in Connecticut and has become an influential Republican donor.</p><p>&#8220;Linda is going to be a phenomenal leader and champion for small businesses and unleash America&#8217;s entrepreneurial spirit all across the country,&#8221; Trump said in a statement Wednesday.</p><p>Trump said she shares his vision of decreasing &#8220;burdensome regulations that are hurting our middle-class workers and small businesses.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;As an entrepreneur myself, I have shared the experiences of our nation&#8217;s small business owners and will do my best to advocate on their behalf,&#8221; McMahon said in a statement. &#8220;My husband and I built our business from scratch, building it to a publicly traded global enterprise with more than 800 employees.&#8221;</p><p>McMahon has known Trump for three decades and contributed $5 million to his family charity, almost all of it in 2007. Trump has participated in WWE events, including a 2007 &#8220;Battle of the Billionaires,&#8221; during which he shaved Vince McMahon&#8217;s head.</p><p>Trump wasn&#8217;t McMahon&#8217;s first choice for president. She first backed New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. But McMahon told The Associated Press in September that she was confident Trump would be a good president and said the two were on good terms.</p><p>&#8220;Once you&#8217;re his friend, he is loyal to the end,&#8221; she said. &#8220;He&#8217;s an incredibly loyal, loyal friend.&#8221;</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">In this Nov. 30, 2016 file photo, Linda McMahon talks with reporters after a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York. President-elect Donald Trump will nominate wrestling executive Linda McMahon to serve as administrator of the Small Business Administration, a Cabinet-level position. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/web1_AP16342772867757-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>In this Nov. 30, 2016 file photo, Linda McMahon talks with reporters after a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York. President-elect Donald Trump will nominate wrestling executive Linda McMahon to serve as administrator of the Small Business Administration, a Cabinet-level position. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Susan Haigh and Julie Bykowicz</p><p>Associated Press</p></bylineMeta></div>

Trump chooses former WWE exec McMahon for small business