Linda McMahon will be nominated to serve as the next head of the Small Business Administration, the Trump transition team announced Wednesday.
McMahon, the former CEO of the World Wrestling Entertainment and wife of promoter Vince McMahon, ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate from Connecticut in 2010 and 2012.
“Our small businesses are the largest source of job creation in our country,” McMahon said in a statement.
“I am honored to join the incredibly impressive economic team that President-elect Trump has assembled to ensure that we promote our country’s small businesses and help them grow and thrive,” she added.
The 68-year-old McMahon began supporting Trump when she became a top donor to the president-elect throughout the fall, donating $6 million to a pro-Trump super PAC.
But the Connecticut Republican initially backed New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for president and had criticized some of Trump’s rhetoric during the campaign as “deplorable.”
Trump hailed the announcement as a campaign promise kept.
“My America First agenda is going to bring back our jobs and roll back the burdensome regulations that are hurting our middle class workers and small businesses. To help push our agenda forward, I am pleased to nominate Linda McMahon as the head of the Small Business Administration,” Trump said in a statement.
“Linda has a tremendous background and is widely recognized as one of the country’s top female executives advising businesses around the globe. She helped grow WWE from a modest 13-person operation to a publicly traded global enterprise with more than 800 employees in offices worldwide.”