Executive Chairman & CEO, Clear Channel Outdoor
Wade Davis is the Executive Chairman and CEO of Clear Channel Outdoor.
He is the Founder of ForgeLight LLC, an operating and investment company focused on the media and consumer technology sectors, which he established in 2019. Through ForgeLight, he partnered with Searchlight Capital Partners and Liberty Global to acquire a controlling stake in Univision, assuming the role of Chief Executive Officer upon closing. He subsequently led the merger of Univision with the entertainment assets of Mexico's Grupo Televisa to create TelevisaUnivision, the world's largest Spanish-language media company, and served as its Chief Executive Officer from January 2021 through September 2024. He currently serves as Vice Chairman of the TelevisaUnivision Board of Directors.
Wade recently served as Executive Chairman of Lambda Labs, a leading neo-cloud company building and operating AI factories and is a member of TWG Global's Merchant Banking business.
Prior to founding ForgeLight, Wade served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Viacom Inc. Before Viacom, he spent more than a decade as an investment banker focused on the technology and media sectors. In addition to TelevisaUnivision and Lambda Labs, he serves on the boards of Charter Communications and the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Foundation.
