Name
Todd Wagner
Todd Wagner
Dallas, Texas
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Indiana University | Doctor of Jurisprudence, University of Virginia
United States
online media, Self Made
$1,900,000,000
1281
#1281 Billionaires 2019
#360 Forbes 400 2012
With business partner Mark Cuban, Todd Wagner joined the billionaire ranks after selling video portal Broadcast.com to Yahoo in 1999.The $5.7 billion sale didn't just benefit Wagner and Cuban: their 300 employees became millionaires. Wagner safeguarded his shares against the dot-com bubble's epic burst with put options.Since then, Wagner and Cuban have continued to invest together in ventures such as Magnolia Pictures, Landmark Theaters, and AXS TV. He also founded and runs online fundraising platform Charity Network, which has raised over $200 million for charity since it was started in 2014.
Wagner had a cameo role in the 2006 movie "Akeelah and the Bee," which he also produced.
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