Lindsay Gardner Biography and Net Worth

Lindsay A. Gardner, Director, joined our Board in December 2013.  Mr. Gardner has 30 years of executive management and leadership experience at companies ranging from technology startups to the world’s largest media and entertainment companies. Currently, Mr. Gardner serves as a Senior Vice President of T-Mobile, the nation’s third-largest wireless company, where he is spearheading the entry into video. Previously, he was the Chief Content Officer of Layer3TV, the first new cable Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (MVPD) to launch in the US in a decade. 

Gardner joined Layer3 TV in January 2015 and led its successful sale to T-Mobile. Prior to that, Gardner was a Senior Advisor to Oaktree Capital Management, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm with $100 billion under management. Since May 2010, he has focused on global buyout opportunities in the media sector.  From 2007 to 2010, Mr. Gardner was a partner of New York-based, MediaTech Capital Partners.  From 1999 until mid-2007, Mr. Gardner led distribution, sales and marketing for Fox Networks.  Mr. Gardner is currently the Chairman of the Courage Campaign Institute.

Mr. Gardner received an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Brandeis University. Mr. Gardner was elected to serve as a member of the Board due to his significant experience in the media, technology and entertainment industries, as both an executive and a private equity investor.