Name: | Todd Wagner |
Occupation: | Entrepreneur |
Gender: | Male |
Birth Day: | August 2, 1960 |
Age: | 62 |
Country: | United States |
Zodiac Sign: | Leo |
Todd Wagner
Brief Info
Co-founder of Broadcast.com, an audio and video portal. Todd Wagner sold the site to Yahoo for nearly $6 billion.
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Before Fame
Todd Wagner moved to Dallas after earning his law degree to work as a CPA and at law firms Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld and Hopkins & Sutter.
Biography
Biography Timeline
He graduated from Indiana University in 1983. He earned a J.D. degree from University of Virginia and then moved to Dallas, Texas where he became a licensed CPA in the State of Texas, and began a legal career with the national firms Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld and Hopkins & Sutter.
In 1995, Wagner launched AudioNet with Mark Cuban, a platform for broadcasting live sporting events and radio stations over the internet. As CEO, Wagner grew the company and expanded its services to include corporate events and business services.
In 1998 Wagner and Cuban changed the name to Broadcast.com and took the company public in the midst of the dot-com boom. The Broadcast.com IPO set an opening-day record, with shares climbing 249% from an offering price of $18 to a closing price of $62.75.
In 1999, Wagner and Cuban sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo! for $5.7 billion, making 300 employees millionaires (briefly, on paper) and Wagner and Cuban instant billionaires. Wagner continued to lead the division as Yahoo! Broadcast until May 2000, when he declined an offer to become Yahoo!’s Chief Operating Officer to focus on other interests.
In 2014, Wagner launched Chideo, a digital platform designed to raise funds and awareness for causes by connecting fans to celebrities through exclusive video content. Over the next two years, Wagner expanded the concept through the acquisition of online sweepstakes platform Prizeo in June 2015, and online charity auction site Charitybuzz in October 2015.
In June 2015, it was announced that Wagner had acquired the celebrity charitable fundraising platform Prizeo for an undisclosed sum.
In 2016, Wagner announced the formation of Charity Network, parent company to Charitybuzz, Prizeo and Chideo, with a mission to help charities transition from analog to digital. The company uses celebrities, technology and the media to raise awareness for its customers.
In February 2017, Charity Network was named one of Fast Company’s 2017 Most Innovative Companies by a website called Fast Company.
🎂 Upcoming Birthday
Currently, Todd Wagner is 62 years, 3 months and 27 days old. Todd Wagner will celebrate 63rd birthday on a Wednesday 2nd of August 2023.
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