Bill O’Dowd

Bill O’Dowd founded Dolphin Entertainment in 1996, a leading independent entertainment marketing and production company listed on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange (NASDAQ: DLPN). Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries 42West, The Door, and Shore Fire Media, Dolphin provides expert strategic marketing and publicity services to many of the top brands, both individual and corporate, in the film, television, music, gaming, culinary and hospitality industries. All three PR firms were ranked among the most recent Observer's "Power 50" PR Firms in the United States, an unprecedented achievement, with 42West ranked as the “Most Powerful” PR firm in the entertainment industry. Additional wholly-owned subsidiaries, Viewpoint, Be Social and Socialyte, complement the PR efforts with full-service creative branding and production capabilities as well as social media and influencer marketing services. Additionally, Dolphin's legacy content production business has produced multiple feature films, television series and award-winning digital programming.. 

Mr. O’Dowd graduated with honors from Harvard Law School, has received a Master’s Degree in Modern European history from Creighton University, and was named 1st-Team Academic All-American by USA Today while an undergraduate at Creighton. Mr. O’Dowd serves on the Leadership Council of United Way Worldwide, as well as on the Board of Directors of United Way United Kingdom, and has previously served on the Board of Directors of the Miami-Dade County Public School System Foundation, among other charities.  Furthermore, Mr. O’Dowd has taught one course a year as an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Communication for the past 27Hi years.