# Todd Schwartz

> Todd Schwartz is an education technology founder and operator who co-founded Education.com and later served as co-CEO alongside Rich Yang. His career spans search marketing, building Education.com’s subscription business, leading Hooked & Company and working with Axon Park, whose team page lists him as COO. He is based in New York.

- **Role:** COO at Axon Park
- **Organizations:** Education.com, Axon Park, Moving Coil Advisors, Hooked & Company, IPG Media, Wahlstrom Group, directMASS, Rotomedia, Ask.com, Columbia University, SuperCharger Ventures, Dreamit
- **Education:** Bachelor of Arts, University of Maryland, College Park
- **Known for:** Co-founded Education.com and later shared its CEO role with Rich Yang., Built Education.com’s subscription business and helped achieve first-time profitability in 2015, according to his 2024 executive biography., Helped lead Education.com before its 2019 acquisition by IXL Learning.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Served as director of sales in Ask.com’s New York office; co-founded directMASS and Rotomedia before Education.com.
- **2005** — Appointed executive vice president, interactive at Wahlstrom Group; previously executive vice president and co-founder of directMASS.
- **2007** — Education.com publicly launched on June 21, with Schwartz listed as vice president of marketing.
- **2015** — Education.com achieved first-time profitability; later executive biography credits Schwartz with building its subscription business.
- **2016** — Served as co-CEO with Rich Yang during Education.com’s expansion; company reported more than 10 million members and over 70% year-over-year subscription revenue growth in October.
- **2018** — As Education.com co-CEO, discussed the company’s acquisition of the KidsKnowIt Network.
- **2019** — Spoke as co-CEO about Google Classroom integration and aspiring-teacher scholarships. IXL acquired Education.com on November 18.
- **2024** — Featured as CEO of Hooked & Company in a May iHeart interview and listed as Hooked on Phonics CEO at the Begin Early Learning Summit.
- **—** — Axon Park’s current team page lists him as COO; his LinkedIn lists Axon Park via Moving Coil Advisors.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Education.com and later shared its CEO role with Rich Yang.
- Built Education.com’s subscription business and helped achieve first-time profitability in 2015, according to his 2024 executive biography.
- Helped lead Education.com before its 2019 acquisition by IXL Learning.
- Served as an adjunct lecturer at Columbia University and appeared in education startup mentoring networks.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Research checked October 26, 2026: Axon Park’s live team page lists Schwartz as COO. This is the verification date, not an appointment date.
- **2024-05** — Appeared in a 20-minute CEOs You Should Know interview as CEO of Hooked & Company.

## Links

- Website: https://about.me/toddschwartz
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddschwartz
- Twitter/X: https://www.twitter.com/toddschwartz
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toddschwartz/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/schwartztodd

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Last updated: 2026-10-26