In May 2006, "Time" magazine included Wynn as one of the "World's 100 Most Influential People". Wynn was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts by President George W. Bush on October 30, 2006. In November 2006, Wynn was inducted into the American Gaming Association Hall of Fame. He also received an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 2006, which was rescinded following Wynn's sexual misconduct allegations in 2018. He has also received honorary doctoral degrees from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Sierra Nevada College; The Culinary Institute of America; and Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island. "Forbes" magazine named him a "Captain of Capitalism" in 2007. Wynn was named to "Institutional Investor's" Best CEOs list in the All-America Executive Team Survey from 2008 through 2011.