ABOUT TODD WAGNER

FOUNDER, FOODFIGHT USA, 2929 ENTERTAINMENT, CHARITY NETWORK

Todd Wagner is a serial entrepreneur in the media, technology, entertainment, and charitable spaces. In 1995, he left his role as partner in a law firm to follow his entrepreneurial instincts. With business partner Mark Cuban, he introduced streaming media to the world with the launch of Broadcast.com, one of the first platforms to stream live sports, corporate events, and radio and TV stations over the internet. As CEO, he took the company public in 1998 when it set an opening-day record with shares rising 249% from offering to closing. In 1999, Broadcast.com was sold to Yahoo! for $5.7 billion.

In 2000, he started the Todd Wagner Foundation, which provides education, technology, and enrichment programs for at-risk children. The foundation launched the MIRACLES technology program and brought KIPP charter schools and After-School All-Stars to North Texas. In 2014, Todd launched the Charity Network. Through Charitybuzz and Prizeo, the company has helped thousands of charities harness the power of technology, e-commerce, and community to enhance their digital fundraising strategies and raise hundreds of millions of dollars for causes around the world.

In 2003, Todd co-founded 2929 Entertainment by vertically integrating a portfolio of companies in content production, distribution, and exhibition: 2929 Productions, Magnolia Pictures, AXS TV and Landmark Theatres. Todd has produced or executive-produced more than 50 films, including the Oscar-nominated Good Night, and Good Luck; The Road; and Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room.

Todd’s latest passion project is FoodFight USA, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization with a mission to clean up America’s tainted food supply. FoodFight USA aims to reform every aspect of our broken food system from farm to table, focusing on legislative reform, consumer empowerment and the regenerative farming movement. Todd was an integral part of the passing of two landmark bills in California banning toxic chemicals from foods, leading to FDA bans nationwide and bipartisan bills in more than a dozen states.

Todd is a former stakeholder in the Dallas Mavericks and current owner of the Dallas Flash Major League Pickleball team. Other investments include Content Partners, Pluto TV, Cause Reports and RION.

Todd is a longtime AFI Board Member and a recipient of numerous awards, including Town & Country’s Top Philanthropists of the Year, induction into the Texas Business Hall of Fame, and Kappa Sigma’s National Man of the Year.