Bloomberg Law
April 26, 2018, 7:54 PM UTC

Wynn Resorts’ Next Battle: Friends of Steve Who Remain on Board

Steve Wynn may be gone from the casino company that bears his name, but he still has friends in high places, including the chairman of the board.

D. Boone Wayson took over as chairman of Wynn Resorts Ltd. in February after Wynn stepped down, a shake-up spurred by reports that Wynn sexually harassed female employees over decades. The Wynn and Wayson families go way back, to a bingo parlor operated by Steve and Boone’s fathers in the 1960s.

Now those longstanding ties may become a liability for Wayson and other so-called legacy directors. Steve Wynn’s ex-wife Elaine, who has become ...

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