Inside Asian Gaming

NOVEMBER 2018 INSIDE ASIAN GAMING 35 truly making the 50-50 amount for the directors. I wanted more directors in my camp that would bring up my opinions and my thoughts – perhaps some more directors that understood Japanese. I had approached several Japanese attorneys who might fit the bill of becoming a board member and had raised this with Steve Wynn. But Steve Wynn asked us to wait, hold off a little longer. But in 2011, with his divorce taking place, his wife was going to take 50% of his shares. Initially it was 50-50 shares between him and me, but with his wife about to take half of Steve Wynn’s 50%, I would then become the controlling shareholder. MC: Did you ever think about taking over Wynn Resorts? KO: I hadn’t really had ambitions of doing so. Going back in time, back to 2008, I had already bought some property in the Philippines and then I was thinking about moving forward and developing something on that in 2010. I had explained to Steve Wynn that I had bought that property FEATURES