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Entrepreneur / CEO & Co-Founder of 2929 Entertainment, Founder of FoodFight USA
New York, USA – Dallas, USA – Los Angeles, USA – New York, NY, USA – Dallas, TX, USA
Billionaire technology entrepreneur and philanthropist who co-founded Broadcast.com and 2929 Entertainment, and now leads FoodFight USA, a nonprofit working to clean up America's food supply.
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Last Updated: 1 Oct 2026
In Their Own Right
He first came to prominence in the late 1990s as co-founder and CEO of Broadcast.com, where he helped introduce streaming media to a global audience. Wagner led the company's record-setting IPO and its $5.7 billion acquisition by Yahoo !, earning recognition from The Wall Street Journal, the Forbes 400, and Fortune's "40 Under 40."
In 2003, he co-founded 2929 Entertainment, an integrated media company encompassing production, distribution, and exhibition businesses like Magnolia Pictures and 2929 Productions. As CEO, he championed simultaneous theatrical and digital release strategies, and has produced or executive-produced more than 50 film and television projects. These include the Oscar-nominated 'Good Night, and Good Luck', and its 2025 stage adaptation starring George Clooney, which Wagner also executive-produced for an exclusive live global broadcast on CNN.
Wagner has also focused on leveraging technology for social good. In 2014, he launched the Charity Network, raising hundreds of millions for charities through platforms Charitybuzz and Prizeo.
The Todd Wagner Foundation has advanced his vision of "venture philanthropy," supporting programs for at-risk youth, including the expansion of KIPP charter schools and After-School All-Stars in North Texas, as well as national initiatives like Boys & Girls Clubs of America and First Tee. In 2023, Wagner founded FoodFight USA, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization aimed at cleaning up America's food supply. Using technology-driven solutions, the initiative seeks to improve public health by transforming the food system from production to consumption. Wagner is a long-serving American Film Institute board member, a former stakeholder in the Dallas Mavericks, and a current owner of the Dallas Flash Major League Pickleball team.
The Record
2929 Entertainment, LLC
2929 Entertainment, LLC
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.
Charity Network
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.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
International law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is the largest lobbying firm in the US based on revenue.
Hopkins & Sutter
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.
2929 Productions
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.
Magnolia Pictures
Boasting a library of over 500 titles, Magnolia Pictures is a theatrical and digital distribution company focusing on documentary, independent and select genre films.
FoodFight USA
Roma Fund Investments, LP
Magnolia Pictures
Broadcast.com
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.
2929 Productions
Charity Network
Cause Reports
Landmark Theatres
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.
In The News
In Frame
On The Record
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 change.
Delivered at the Content & Streaming Summit, on why the vertically-integrated model is coming back into fashion.
The extended, unedited conversation on why America's food-safety standards need an overhaul.
A conversation on what keeps an independent distributor relevant against the streamers.
Currently Serving
Board of Trustees and Board of Directors
Supports the showcasing of film and visual storytelling as an art form that shapes perspectives and promotes empathy.
Trustee | Campaign for 10 Million Young People
Provides significant support to First Tee's Campaign for 10 Million Young People as a national trustee.
CEO and Co-Founder
A vertically integrated portfolio of companies spanning development, production, distribution and exhibition, including 2929 Productions, Magnolia Pictures, AXS TV, Spotlight Cinema Networks and CineLife.
Founder
A national, nonpartisan movement working to pass state and federal food-safety legislation, empower consumers, and support American farmers.
Chairman and Owner
A theatrical and digital distribution company with a library of over 500 titles, focused on documentary, independent and select genre films.
CEO and Owner
Funds, produces and develops television projects and feature films; over 25 films conceived, produced or financed to date.
Chairman and Founder
Parent company of Charitybuzz and Prizeo, pioneers in digital fundraising that have helped charities raise hundreds of millions of dollars worldwide.
Founder
Investment-style analyst reports providing research and analysis of America's largest charities by sector.
Founder
Investments in more than 40 private companies spanning media, entertainment, technology, healthcare and sports.
Previously Serving
Board of Directors
Recognizes extraordinary filmmakers and media artists and provides them with resources and funding.
Board of Directors
Served on the Board for more than a decade after launching the North Texas chapter of the nationwide organisation in 2001.
Owner
The only national theatre circuit focused on the exhibition of independent and specialised film. Sold to Cohen Media Group in 2018.
CEO and Co-Founder
A pioneering live-streaming network featuring live sporting events, corporate events and radio shows. Acquired by Yahoo! in 2000 after a historic IPO.
Partner
A Chicago-based legal practice that operated from 1921 to 2000, until it merged with Foley & Lardner.
Associate
International law firm and the largest lobbying firm in the US by revenue.
Giving Back
Founder
Based in Dallas, TX. Dedicated to improving the lives of at-risk children through education, technology and enrichment opportunities. Responsible for launching After-School All-Stars and KIPP charter schools in North Texas, as well as the MIRACLES technology program, later adopted nationwide by the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
Supporter and National Trustee
Based in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. Supports First Tee's initiative to provide programs and enrichment for young people, particularly from disadvantaged communities, through golf.
Founder of KIPP Truth Academy
In 2003, the Foundation founded the KIPP TRUTH Academy in the Oak Cliff area of South Dallas. KIPP TRUTH later merged with KIPP Dallas to form KIPP Texas, now 59 schools serving over 31,000 pre-K–12th grade students.
Supporter
Through his foundation, Todd launched the Dallas chapter of After-School All-Stars in 2001 and served on the national board for more than a decade.
Past Supporter
The Foundation first partnered with Boys & Girls Clubs in 2007 to unite the Foundation's MIRACLES program with BGCA's ClubTech technology program, building technology and academic skills for young people in center-city communities.
Capital At Work
Investor
Investor
Investor
Investor
Investor
Investor
Investor
Founding Investor and Fmr. Co-Chairman
Founding Investor
Formative Years
Juris Doctor (JD)
Bachelor of Science (BS)
BS
JD
In Recognition
2026
Honoured for improving access to education, technology, and community initiatives for at-risk children.
2017
Named one of the Top 50 Philanthropists of 2017.
Inducted for contributions and achievements as an outstanding business leader in Texas.
Honoured alongside Mark Cuban at the annual Gotham Awards in New York, with Alfonso Cuarón, Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Edward Norton, Tim Robbins and Kate Winslet.
Green-lit and executive produced George Clooney's 'Good Night, and Good Luck', which grossed more than $30 million and earned six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.
Executive produced this documentary, which won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary and was Academy Award-nominated.
Awarded for exceptional accomplishments in his field.
Recognised for his accomplishments delivering on ambitious and innovative goals.
As Announced
In Print
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: "Technology is a freight train coming down a mountain. 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."
Lifestyle Magazine interviews Todd Wagner, who discusses the inefficiency of traditional fundraising for charities and how Charity Network has tapped into the entertainment sector for charitable fundraising.
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.
This featured article raised the profile of Audionet, an internet radio company founded by Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban, within the investment community just months before its name change to Broadcast.com and its history-making IPO.
At The Forum
Leverage: How Philanthropies Use New Tools to Create Change
Joined an esteemed panel to share creative approaches toward social innovation, showcasing social entrepreneurs experimenting with new tools to affect lasting systemic change.
How Entrepreneurs Are Revolutionizing the World of Philanthropy
Joined Bryn Mooser and CNBC's Tyler Mathisen to discuss the disruption of charitable fundraising, the role of Hamilton and Charity Network, and finding career paths through changes and pivots.
Good To Know
Todd is best known for co-founding Broadcast.com with Mark Cuban and its $5.7 billion sale to Yahoo!, and for building 2929 Entertainment into an independent studio behind Magnolia Pictures and more than 50 film and television projects.
FoodFight USA is a nonpartisan nonprofit Todd founded in 2023 to clean up America's tainted food supply, working on legislation, consumer education, and support for American farmers.
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