Mike Wann Height, Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography
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Height: 6’
Age: 54 Years
Wife: Tara Leiser Wann
| Bio/Wiki | |
|---|---|
| Birth Name | Michael Wann |
| Real Name/Full Name | Michael Wann |
| Nickname | Mike Wann |
| Profession(s) | • CEO • Executive • Entrepreneur • Sustainability Expert |
| Physical Stats | |
| Height | 6' (183 cm) |
| Weight (approx.) | 95 Kg (210 lbs) |
| Eye Colour | Brown |
| Hair Colour | Black |
| Career | |
| Executive Leadership and Key Positions | • Head of Business Development, MSNBC.com • Strategic Business Development for Advertising, Amazon.com • Chief Revenue Officer, Fullscreen • Chief Revenue Officer, SpinMedia • Head of Business Development, Tastemade • CEO, Mobcrush • Chief Strategy Officer, Super League Gaming • Founder, Accessible Sustainability Alliance |
| Personal Life | |
| Date of Birth | 5 November 1971 (Friday) |
| Age (as of 2025) | 54 Years |
| Birthplace | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Nationality | American |
| Hometown | Los Angeles |
| School | Alhambra High School, California |
| College/University | University of Redlands, California |
| Educational Qualification(s) | • BA in Political Science • MBA in Digital Marketing |
| Religion/Religious Views | Agnosticism |
| Caste | None |
| Blood Group | A+ |
| Food Habit | None |
| Political Inclination | Issue Voter |
| Address | Santa Monica |
| Hobbies | Auto Enthusiast, Audio Enthusiast, Movie Enthusiast, Wine Connoisseur |
| Tattoo(s) | None |
| Controversies | None |
| Relationships & More | |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Marriage Date | Year, 2006 |
| Family | |
| Wife/Spouse | Tara Leiser Wann ![]() |
| Children | Son(s)- 2 • Alexander C Wann • Atticus C Wann ![]() Daughter- None |
| Parents | Father- Chin-Li Wann Mother- Kimmie Wann |
| Siblings | Brother- James Wann Sister- None |
| Pets | Cat(s)- 4 • Skye Wann: Devon Rex • Obi Wann: Devon Rex • Lord Vader: Sphinx • Chewy: Tabby ![]() |
| Favourites | |
| Cuisine(s) | Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Korean, Portuguese |
| Actor(s) | Paul Giamatti, Daniel Day-Lewis, Christian Bale |
| Actress(es) | Mira Sorvino, Anne Hathaway, Charlize Theron |
| Film(s) | The Princess Bride, The Godfather, Casablanca, Shawshank Redemption, Oceans 11, Star Wars |
| Singer(s) | The Beautiful South, Paul Heaton, Nina Simone, Edith Piaf, Cesaria Evora |
| TV Show(s) | X-Files, Battlestar Galactica, Game of Thrones |
| Colour | Black |
| Style Quotient | |
| Car Collection | • Acura NSX![]() • Mazda Miata ![]() • Honda Civic Type R • FZ80 Lexus LX450 • 1968 Mustang GT500 |
| Bike Collection | None |
| Expensive Things/Valuables | Extensive collection of wines |
| Money Factor | |
| Assets/Properties | Property in Santa Monica |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Mike Wann
- Mike Wann initially had made his contributions to the digital media and tech industry whereby he also acquired mainstream recognition as a technology media leader. However, with time, his general interest moved towards the subject of healthy lifestyle and environmental sustainability.
- He later moved to one of the most healthy and sustainable places in the world in Santa Monica. The house was not just thought of as a home residence but as a demonstration of practical and accessible sustainable house and kitchen design.
- The Santa Monica sustainable home project is a net-zero project that exhibits the aspect of sustainable living in a way that can be relatable in a practical sense, without being overbearing or eye-catching as the luxury clothing.
- Since the beginning of work on the home project, he also did public advocacy and attended industry events to raise awareness of new trends in sustainable design and healthy living practices.
- He and his wife then started monthly talks and presentations on sustainability with UCLA and Santa Monica College.
- They also design sustainability discussions and presentations every month and engage students in it; they apply the home project of Santa Monica as a learning model to teach students how to create a responsible home.
- Mike Wann worked at MSNBC.com in the early 2000s, where he was the first in the digital joint venture to lead business development. He has been successful in the strategic partnerships and initiatives that made him better at digital dealings, platform growth and platform strategy development.
- Being formerly an executive at MSNBC, he worked at Amazon under Jeff Blackburn who was a right-hand man to Jeff Bezos during the initial years of the Amazon.com where he spearheaded strategic and advertising development.
- He was the pioneer of placing advertisements on Amazon.com and sponsored critical initiatives as the firm grew out of its previous emphasis on shipping boxes to shipping bits and bytes. These included the Disc on Demand and Audible content alliance with the National Archives.
- Since the late 2000s into the 2010s, Mike was employed at the first business development department at Demand Media and as its Executive Vice President until the end of 2012.
- He was the leader of giant collaborations and revenue increase at Demand Media where the corporation grew to a total of more than 440 online properties. He also facilitated its billion dollar IPO, the first in history since Google.
- After his success at Demand Media, Mike was brought on board as Chief Revenue Officer of SpinMedia, a new brand that merged Vibe, the largest hip-hop publication in the world with Spin, the legendary rock and roll publication, to create the leading online music network.
- Under his leadership of SpinMedia, the network reached 350 million monthly page views and he helped the company make changes to the revenue model which placed the company in a better position to be recapitalised.
- Even though Mike gained a lot of public-relations coverage in the areas of digital communication and technology, his overriding interest turned to be more of health and environmentalism.
- In the course of time, sustainability and healthy living have become his major concerns. His sustainable home project started off as a personal and small scale project but it has developed into a platform where energy saving home design and construction is promoted.
- Mike is fond of racing and enjoys performing tough motorsports. In 2002, he competed alongside Eddie in a week-long Open Track Challenge in California and Nevada. They were racing a Miata under a team known as Psychic Friends Network.
- In March 2014, Michael Wann became the Chief Revenue Officer of Fullscreen, a media company that is serving the connected generation and representing influential creators on YouTube.
- In 2014, the then CRO of Fullscreen, he was committed to ensuring that the right stories and right advertiser worked together with the right sponsored content as a solution to the future of media.
- A large part of the powerful advertising model that came into existence under his management was created by him and introduced in this time; it is considered innovative at its inception.
- As the CRO of Fullscreen between 2014 and 2017 he spurred the expansion of new and established revenues to the organisation, as well as managed business development, integrated marketing, and advertising activities within the organisation. It was under his watch that the world business thrived.
- It was not long before Fullscreen was acquired by Otter Media, which is a subsidiary of AT&T, and had enough momentum.
- Since 2017, he began a 19-year history of cultivating digital media firms and shepherding major achievements, including the IPO at Demand Media, and the acquisition of Fullscreen, and then becoming CEO of Mobcrush.
- In 2018, Wann introduced a platform that would streamline mobile games democratically. The platform offered free services that give mobile gamers the ability to stream on their smart devices, and creators can be compensated.
- Artists who stream might have an estimated income of 15-2,500 dollars per hour depending upon their social profile and activity, and brand sponsorships by Paramount Pictures and Konami could help them in doing it.
- Mobcrush is a technology site that has been attributed to be created by leadership that allows creators to stream together across various channels like Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Periscope to reach audiences wherever they are instead of forcing them to stay in one platform.
- Mike launched a proprietary AI-based real-time clipping engine. This led to the creation of the ReplayEngine in 2019, a technology that automatically created replays of a game, like Fortnite.
- Mobcrush made significant progresses as its CEO driving the company to 84 million unique monthly users and more than 5 million dollars paid to its streaming community.
- In late 2020 and early 2021, Mobcrush partnered with Nielsen Digital Content Ratings (DCR) to certify their audience data through streaming services.
- Based on this, Mobcrush had accumulated a total of over 85 million unique monthly viewers in the United States and had accumulated more than 7.7 billion video views annually.
- In March 2021, Wann directed Mobcrush to be acquired by Super League Gaming. After the merger, he was made the Chief Strategy Officer in Super League.
















