My father died during open-heart surgery on March 29 of my senior year in college. I was getting set to go to law school. I remember sitting in the waiting room when the doctor walked in. I said to myself, The worst possible thing just happened. What will you do?

Encore opened on December 22 2008. However it became enormously lucrative and made Wynn a major part of Las Vegas history. In March 2010 Steve Wynn was pronounced legally blind.

Now as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Wynn Resorts Limited Wynn has developed Wynn Las Vegas which opened on April 28 2005; Wynn Macau which opened in September 2006; Encore at Wynn Las Vegas which opened December 22 2008; and Encore at Wynn Macau which opened on April 21 2010. He played a pivotal role in the 1990s resurgence and expansion of the Las Vegas Strip.