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There are lots of adjectives on the market that might perfectly capture the business-like personality that WWE’s former Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon had. Some that come to mind include sensible, a self-made man, and boisterous. Regarding the last word, former WWE CFO and Co-President George Barrios never saw that side of McMahon that other co-workers and the fans witnessed. Reasonably, he encountered the alternative.
“I met Vince, and I had my very own perception that he was a loud, extroverted guy with strong opinions. Within the 12 years I used to be with him, I saw it that very first day, a really quiet guy, more stoic, introverted,” he revealed in his interview with “The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling” podcast. “Very different than me. The toughest a part of working with Vince, and it isn’t what people expect, is the communication. He’s only a quiet, introverted guy.”
Hired in 2008, Barrios served as each a CFO and co-president to the WWE. He exited the corporate in January of 2020, but returned as a TKO board member two years later in December of 2022. He recently published a memoir that captured his time in WWE, and the way he helped transform the Stamford-based promotion into the worldwide icon that it’s today. His book, “Sometimes Mistaken but Never in Doubt: How a Cuban Kid from Queens Transformed WWE” is on the market now.
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