Bill Wilson

Chief Executive Officer at Townsquare Media

Bill Wilson, CEO of Townsquare Media

Bill Wilson is the Chief Executive Officer of Townsquare Media, a publicly traded digital media and radio advertising company. He joined Townsquare in September 2010 and previously served as Co-Chief Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Chief Content & Digital Officer of the company.1 2

Prior to Townsquare, Mr. Wilson was President of AOL Media from 2006 to 2010, where he had overall responsibility for AOL's global content strategy. During his nine years at AOL, he also served as President of AOL Programming & Studios and Executive Vice President. Under his leadership, AOL's content sites grew to reach over 75 million monthly unique visitors domestically and 150 million worldwide.1 2

Before joining AOL in 2001, Mr. Wilson served as Senior Vice President for Worldwide Marketing at Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) from 1992 to 2001. He was responsible for worldwide marketing, including artist, digital and non-traditional marketing across more than 50 countries for major recording artists such as Dave Matthews Band, OutKast, Foo Fighters, Whitney Houston, Annie Lennox, and Santana. He started his career at BMG subsidiary Arista Records under the guidance of Clive Davis and Richard Sanders, working as a product manager with artists across numerous genres including Notorious B.I.G., TLC, Sarah McLachlan, Kenny G and Spiritualized.1 2

Mr. Wilson has received numerous accolades throughout his career, including:

Winning an Emmy Award in 2006 for the record setting Live 8 program1 3
Being named to the Hollywood Reporter's "Digital Power List" in 2008, profiling the 50 people who most influence the creation and distribution of content online1 3
Profiles in Crain's New York Business' "40 under Forty" and Billboard's "Power Players" in Digital Entertainment in 2005, as well as Hollywood Reporter's "Next Generation" in 20031
Being named Radio Ink's "Most Powerful in Radio" in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 20231 2
Voted the Radio Board Chair of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) in June 2021, after serving on the Executive Board since 2020 and previously as a NAB Board Member1 2
Recognized as 2021 "Executive of The Year" by Radio Ink1 2

Mr. Wilson graduated summa cum laude from the State University of New York at Stony Brook with a B.A. in economics and a B.S. in business management. He also earned an M.B.A. with honors in finance and marketing from Rutgers University's Graduate School of Management.1 2