Todd Wagner is a tech billionaire and media entrepreneur who has spent his career challenging norms and driving innovation across multiple industries. He introduced streaming media to the world when he co-founded Broadcast.com with Mark Cuban in the late 1990s. As CEO, Wagner led the company’s record-breaking IPO and $5.7 billion sale to Yahoo!, landing him on the cover of The Wall Street Journal, Forbes 400 and Fortune’s 40 Under 40.
In 2000 he started the Todd Wagner Foundation, providing education, technology, and enrichment programs for at-risk youth. The foundation launched the MIRACLES technology program and brought KIPP charter schools and After-School All-Stars to North Texas.
Todd co-founded 2929 Entertainment in 2003, vertically integrating a portfolio of companies in content production, distribution, and exhibition, including Magnolia Pictures and 2929 Productions. As CEO he pioneered the practice of releasing films simultaneously in theaters and online and has produced or executive-produced more than 50 and TV projects, including the Oscar-nominated film Good Night,...Todd Wagner is a tech billionaire and media entrepreneur who has spent his career challenging norms and driving innovation across multiple industries. He introduced streaming media to the world when he co-founded Broadcast.com with Mark Cuban in the late 1990s. As CEO, Wagner led the company’s record-breaking IPO and $5.7 billion sale to Yahoo!, landing him on the cover of The Wall Street Journal, Forbes 400 and Fortune’s 40 Under 40.
In 2000 he started the Todd Wagner Foundation, providing education, technology, and enrichment programs for at-risk youth. The foundation launched the MIRACLES technology program and brought KIPP charter schools and After-School All-Stars to North Texas.
Todd co-founded 2929 Entertainment in 2003, vertically integrating a portfolio of companies in content production, distribution, and exhibition, including Magnolia Pictures and 2929 Productions. As CEO he pioneered the practice of releasing films simultaneously in theaters and online and has produced or executive-produced more than 50 and TV projects, including the Oscar-nominated film Good Night, and Good Luck. GNGL’s 2025 stage adaption starring George Clooney received five Tony nominations and was broadcast live to a worldwide audience on CNN.
In 2014 Todd launched the Charity Network, helping thousands of charities raise hundreds of millions of dollars for worldwide causes through digital fundraising platforms Charitybuzz and Prizeo.
In 2023 he launched FoodFight USA, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization with a mission to clean up America’s tainted food supply, which has contributed to an alarming rise in chronic disease and early death in the U.S. As with previous ventures, Wagner is leveraging innovative, technology-driven solutions to transform every aspect of our broken food system - from farm to table.
He continues to invest in innovative concepts, including Content Partners, Pluto TV, Cause Reports, RION, and a Major League Pickleball team.READ MOREVIEW LESS
2929 Entertainment is a vertically integrated portfolio of companies encompassing all aspects of the entertainment pipeline: development, production, distribution and exhibition. Current holdings are 2929 Productions, Magnolia Pictures, AXS TV, Spotlight Cinema Networks and CineLife. Numerous 2929 projects have been recognized with industry accolades, including Oscar nominations.
FoodFight USA is a national, nonpartisan movement with a mission to clean up America's tainted food supply, working on many levels to get state and federal legislation passed to stop self-regulation by food companies; empower consumers to make informed food choices; and work with American farmers to grow healthier foods that work for them economically and benefit consumers' health.
Boasting a library of over 500 titles, Magnolia Pictures is a theatrical and digital distribution company focusing on documentary, independent and select genre films.
2929 Productions funds, produces and develops thought-provoking and innovative television projects and feature films for both mainstream and specialized and audiences. Over 25 films have been conceived, produced or financed to date.
Charity Network, where “Cause Meets Entertainment,” is the parent company of Charitybuzz and Prizeo, both leaders and pioneers in digital fundraising. Charity Network has helped charities raise hundreds of millions of dollars for causes around the world. Charity Network also has an office in Los Angeles.
Cause Reports features the first and only investment-style analyst reports providing comprehensive research and rigorous analysis of America’s largest charities by sector. The organization’s goal is to provide tools to help donors make informed giving decisions and charity CEOs pursue their goals more effectively, resulting in greater overall impact for causes around the world.
Roma Fund Investments, LP
Founder
2002
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Present
Dallas, TX, USA
Todd has invested in more than 40 private companies, spanning media, entertainment, technology, healthcare and sports. Roma Fund investments include the Dallas Mavericks, AXS TV, RYOT, Pluto TV, Sharecare, Content Partners, Artists Den Entertainment, Entertainment Data Oracle and William Murray Golf.
Landmark Theatres is the only national theatre circuit focused on the exhibition of independent and specialized film. Landmark Theatres was purchased in 2003 and sold to Cohen Media Group in 2018.
Broadcast.com
CEO and Co-Founder
1995
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2000
Dallas, TX, USA
Broadcast.com was a pioneering live-streaming network featuring live sporting events, corporate events and radio shows. After an historic IPO, it was acquired by Yahoo! in 2000. Broadcast.com changed the landscape of entertainment and paved the way for live-streaming services such as Netflix and YouTube.
Hopkins & Sutter
Partner
Dallas, TX, USA
Hopkins & Sutter was a Chicago-based legal practice founded by Harry Sutter and Albert Hopkins. The firm operated from 1921 to 2000 until it merged with Foley & Lardner.
The American Film Institute believes in showcasing film and visual storytelling as an art form that can shape perspectives, promote empathy between people and use entertainment as a uniting culture.
First Tee seeks to raise funds for youth programs in an effort to combat the number of students dropping out of schools in underprivileged communities. Todd Wagner is a national trustee, and his Foundation continues to provide significant support to The First Tee's 'Campaign for 10 Million Young People.'
Tribeca Film Institute recognizes a diverse group of extraordinary filmmakers and media artists and provides them with resources and funding to fully realize their artistic pursuits and connect with audiences.
Todd served on the Board of After-School All-Stars for more than a decade after launching the North Texas chapter of the nationwide organization in 2001. Founded in 1992 by Arnold Schwarzenegger, After-School All-Stars encourages the enrichment of children in under-resourced communities.
The Todd Wagner Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of at-risk children through education, technology and enrichment opportunities. The Foundation is responsible for launching After-School All-Stars and KIPP charter schools in North Texas, as well as the MIRACLES technology program, which was later adopted nationwide by the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.
The Todd Wagner Foundation supports The First Tee’s initiative to provide programs and enrichment for young people, particularly from disadvantaged communities, through golf. Todd is a national trustee, and his Foundation continues to provide significant support to The First Tee's 'Campaign for 10 Million Young People.'
The Foundation has been a major supporter of KIPP since shortly after the Foundation was created. In 2003, the Foundation founded the KIPP TRUTH Academy in the Oak Cliff area of South Dallas. Later, KIPP TRUTH merged with KIPP Dallas to form KIPP Texas, which now consists of 59 schools serving over 31,000 pre-K-12th grade students.
Through his foundation, Todd Wagner launched the Dallas chapter of After-School All-Stars in 2001 and served on the national Board for more than a decade. Founded by Arnold Schwarzenegger, After-School All-Stars encourages the enrichment of children in under-resourced communities.
The Foundation first partnered with the Boys & Girls Clubs in 2007 to unite the Foundation’s MIRACLES program with BGCA’s ClubTech technology program. MIRACLES is a comprehensive multi-year program designed to serve young people in center city communities by building technology skills to increase employability, enhancing academic skills to strengthen reading, math and life skills.
Interview with Robert Kenner & Melissa Robledo, the makers of 2008’s 'Food, Inc.' - they take a look at the food industry, its farmers, workers, scientists, journalists and more in the sequel.
Sixteen years after the first film was released, Food, Inc. 2 comes “back for seconds” to reveal how corporate consolidation has gone unchecked, leaving a highly efficient yet shockingly vulnerable food system dedicated to profit over people.
Newly launched documentary 'Food, Inc. 2' explores the effects of corporate consolidation on the food system - leaving it efficient but vulnerable. Watch the interview with Eric Schlosser and Michael Pollan.
Todd Wagner, CEO and Co-Founder of 2929 Entertainment, explains the road to founding his charitable foundation, Todd Wagner Foundation, and his charity-focused business, The Charity Network.
During a conversation with Forbes about Charity Network, Todd said: "Charity Network brings together technology, media and philanthropy to provide nonprofits a more efficient way to generate awareness and engage with a broad base of donors from millennials to baby boomers, through three digital fundraising platforms – Charitybuzz, Prizeo and Chideo."
Todd warns nonprofit organizations to utilize the digital space to raise funding, or risk facing a decrease in support. He says: “Technology is a freight train coming down a mountain,” Wagner says. “It is not going to stop. It’s only going to go faster. And either nonprofits embrace it or they get run over by it.”
Click, Tap, Swipe, Give
Feature Article
Apr 2017
Lifestyle Magazine, in an article titled "Click, Tap, Swipe, Give," interviews Todd Wagner, who discusses the inefficiency of traditional fundraising for charities and how Charity Network has been able to tap into the entertainment sector for charitable fundraising.
This article discusses how Steven Soderbergh, along with producing partners Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner, released 'Bubble' simultaneously in theaters, on cable and satellite television and on DVD. The Post called this 'the most visible example of an emerging model that could seismically shift the way Hollywood does business.'
Audionet Scores by Tapping a Mundane Medium
Feature
1998
New York, NY, USA
This featured article raised the profile of Audionet, an innovative internet radio company founded by Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban, within the investment community just months prior to the company's name change to Broadcast.com and its history-making IPO.
The Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation honors the contributions and achievements of outstanding business leaders in Texas. The Foundation celebrates honorees by perpetuating their personal integrity, entrepreneurial spirit, and community leadership in all generations of Texans. Todd was inducted as a Texas Business Hall of Fame Legend in 2012.
Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban were honored at the annual Gotham Awards in New York with a Tribute Award alongside Alfonso Cuarón, Guillermo del Toro and Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu; Edward Norton; Tim Robbins; and Kate Winslet.
Todd green-lit and executive produced writer-director George Clooney's 'Good Night, and Good Luck' starring David Strathairn. The film grossed more than $30 million at the domestic box office and won many awards, including an Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography, the National Board of Review's Best Film of the Year, and six Academy Award nominations, including one for Best Picture.
Todd was executive producer of this film which won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary and was nominated for multiple awards including an Academy Award for Best Documentary, Feature.
Each year, Ernst & Young recognizes the accomplishments of entrepreneurs and honors those who have delivered on their ambitious and innovative goals. In 1998, Todd was recognized for his accomplishments.
At the Milken Institute Global Conference, Todd Wagner joins an esteemed panel to share creative approaches toward social innovation, showcasing social entrepreneurs who are experimenting with new tools and techniques to affect lasting systemic changes.
Todd Wagner spoke at IVY Entrepreneur Night, sharing insights from his career and the changing world of philanthropy in the digital age. He also talked about Broadcast.com, the company he founded with Mark Cuban and eventually sold to Yahoo!, and founding The Charity Network, the parent company to three leading digital fundraising platforms.
Todd Wagner and Bryn Mooser join CNBC's Tyler Mathisen for this iConic event presented by Inc. Magazine and CNBC. They discuss the disruption of charitable fundraising, the role of Hamilton and Charity Network and finding career paths through a series of changes and pivots over the years.
“The passing of the California Food Safety Act illustrates the timeliness of Robert and Melissa’s documentary,” said Todd Wagner, co-owner of Magnolia Pictures. “People are beginning to pay attention to our tainted, toxic food supply in the US vs. many other countries around the world. We couldn’t be more excited to re-team with our friends at Participant to shine a light on these urgent issues.”
"The Hamilton campaign is an excellent example of the work the Charity Network can do to help influential and talented celebrities like Lin-Manuel Miranda leverage awareness and raise funds for causes close to their hearts," Todd Wagner, founder and chairman of the Charity Network said.
Founded out of the Mayo Clinic by physicians who are pioneers in Regenerative Medicine, RION is a clinical-stage biotech company with established R&D, manufacturing and clinical application of exosomes across a broad array of applications.
Dallas Flash Pickleball competes in the Premier Level of Major League Pickleball. MLP features 100 of the top-ranked professional players and some of the most influential team owners in professional sports, with 22 hometown teams competing across two levels - Premier and Challenger.
Artists Den Entertainment is a music and television series that presents performances from well-known artists in untraditional locations. Notable and prominent artists include Ed Sheeran, Imagine Dragons, Zac Brown Band, John Legend and Shawn Mendes.
Entertainment Data Oracle (EDO) is a data, measurement, and analytics company that helps its clients generate the maximum value from its creative endeavors and investments through its research findings.
William Murray Golf, founded on the ideals of the Bill Murray and the Murray brothers, is a retail company that produces high-quality, comfortable and fashionable golfing apparel designed with the customer's needs in mind.
Content Partners, LLC, is an asset management company with a focus on media companies in the television, music, film and other entertainment industries.
The Global Teaching Project believes that all students should be granted equal access to talented teachers and high-quality classroom instruction. The organization strives to reach this vision by working with under-served schools and communities in order to bring advanced courses and instructors to students.
