Todd Boehly

Boehly, whose grandparents emigrated from Germany, attended Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland, graduating in 1991.[6] He was a member of the school's wrestling team, which won I.A.C. championships in both 1990 and 1991.[7] In 2014, Landon named their facilities the Boehly Family Wrestling Room in Boehly's honor.[8]

He graduated from the College of William & Mary in 1996 with a B.B.A. He also studied at the London School of Economics.[9]

Boehly spent his early career at Credit Suisse First Boston and J.H. Whitney & Company.[10][11] He joined Guggenheim Partners in 2001, where he launched the firm's credit investing business, assumed responsibilities for its asset management business, and most recently served as president.[9][10][12]

In early 2013, Boehly led a deal between Time Warner Cable and the Dodgers to create SportsNet LA, a regional network to broadcast all Dodgers’ games and Dodgers-related programming. Broadcasting from the new team-owned network began at the beginning of the 2014 baseball season.[13][14][15][16][17]

In 2015, Boehly bought some of the assets he had collected at Guggenheim, including The Hollywood Reporter, Dick Clark Productions, and Security Benefit to found Eldridge Industries, a private investment firm that specializes in providing both debt and equity capital.[6] Other than Greenwich, Eldridge also has offices in New York, London and Beverly Hills.[18][19][20]

In 2019, Todd Boehly made an attempt to buy the English football club Chelsea for $3 billion, but the current owner, Russian billionaire tycoon, Roman Abramovich, rejected the takeover bid.[21]

Boehly serves as the Chairman of Valence Media, which houses Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, Dick Clark Productions, MRC and owns a minority stake in A24.[22][23][24] He is also Chairman of Security Benefit and is a board member of Cain International.[25][26][27]

Boehly owns 20% of the Los Angeles Dodgers and is also a part owner of the Los Angeles Sparks.[28][6]

Boehly helped found the Boehly Center for Excellence in Finance in 2014 at the College of William & Mary's Raymond A. Mason School of Business with his wife Katie Boehly in 2014 via a multi-year gift.[29][30] They also sponsor the yearly women's Stock Pitch and Leadership Summit at William & Mary. In 2020 Boehly and Katie committed funding to the construction of a new athletic complex and sports performance center at the college.[31]

He is also on the boards of Finding a Cure for Epilepsy and Seizures (FACES) and the Brunswick School, and is involved with the Prostate Cancer Foundation and the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.[11][30][27]