CEO, AVN Media Network

Tony Rios is the chief executive officer of AVN Media Network, the global leader in adult entertainment media that is entering its 42nd year as the pre-eminent voice of the industry.

A pioneering entrepreneur in the pay-site sector who began his career in 1995, Rios took charge of AVN in 2015, guiding the company into a new era of excellence with its suite of world-class trade-shows, signature events and monthly publications anchored by the flagship AVN magazine, which celebrated its 500th issue in September 2024.

Rios also in 2018 reimagined the industry’s publication of record, AVN magazine, remaking it with a fresh new look and consumer-driven focus; and in 2017 he introduced the leading monthly magazine dedicated to the live-cam community—CAMStar.

Prior to AVN, the veteran executive created and managed some of the earliest adult pay-sites across a variety of niches before making the move in 2000 to Channel 1 Releasing, where he thrived as the co-owner and chief technology officer.