| Steve Wynn The third serious player on the | | | | service in Vegas. Steve bets on luxury. Despite |
| market of gambling entertainments in Las Vegas | | | | apprehensions of the partners (the project was |
| and Macao. Steve was born in 1942 in | | | | very expensive), he managed to embody his |
| Connecticut. Unlike Kirk and Sheldon, Steve | | | | ideas. «The Mirage» became and for a |
| received very good education, according to | | | | long period remained the most prestigious casino |
| American standards - he graduated from | | | | of Las Vegas, bringing huge profits to its owners. |
| Pennsylvania university. Steve had to engage in | | | | After this project Steve's name enters the |
| private business straight after graduation. His | | | | history of the world capital of gambling. However, |
| father, the owner of the network of bingo clubs | | | | Steve does not rest on his laurels. Conversely, he |
| in the west of the U.S., died when Steve was still | | | | becomes thoroughly engrossed in a new reckless |
| a student. The son continues his business. Steve's | | | | venture. Developing his conception of a "luxurious |
| career in "big" business starts in 1967. Having | | | | casino", he totally changes the casino-hotel |
| saved some money, he buys a small share of the | | | | «Bellagio»: an artificial lake, an internal |
| casino-hotel "Frontier" in Las Vegas, where he | | | | greenhouse, an art gallery with canvases of great |
| moved for permanent residence together with his | | | | painters, expensive boutiques and restaurants. |
| wife. Having no funds to build his own casino, | | | | Enormous diligence, multiplied by talent, made |
| Steve gets acquainted with the owners of the | | | | Steve one of the richest people in Vegas, the |
| already existing casinos and offers them his | | | | owner of casinos. In 2000 he sells «The |
| services in renewal of their business. His first | | | | Mirage» to the company «MGM |
| project was reconstruction of the casino | | | | Grand», which after this purchase changes |
| «Golden Nugget». Steve transformed | | | | its name to «MGM Mirage». |
| the absolutely ordinary casino into a luxurious | | | | Wynn spends most of his money on building a |
| institution, which immediately became a great | | | | new institution, which opens in April 2005 on the |
| success with the players. Having showed himself | | | | site of «Desert Inn». The new brainchild |
| and earned a pretty penny, Steve decided to | | | | of Steve is called «Wynn Las Vegas». |
| invest money into buying shares of other Vegas | | | | Apart from interests in Vegas, Steve invests |
| casinos, in order to reconstruct them as well. The | | | | funds into conquering the Asian market. In the |
| following major project is renovation of the casino | | | | short-term perspective it is planned to open the |
| «The Mirage». According to Steve's | | | | casino «Wynn Macau». Steve's activity |
| conception, it was to become the most | | | | has brought him 2.1 billion dollars, which allowed |
| outstanding, rich, elite casino of Las Vegas. He | | | | him to occupy the 365th position in |
| intends to found there a big park and an artificial | | | | «Forbes» world rating. |
| volcano, and make the best rooms and hotel | | | | |