Reed Hastings

Wilmot Reed Hastings Jr. is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Netflix and serves on a number of boards and non-profit organizations. A former member of the California State Board of Education, Hastings is an advocate for education reform through charter schools.

  • Reed Hastings, cofounder and CEO of Netflix, revolutionized how the world is entertained. He owns 1.3% of Netflix, which went public in 2002.
  • Hastings cofounded Netflix in 1995, the same year he sold his first company, Pure Software, to Rational Software.
  • The video-streaming service offers TV shows and films, as well as original content, to 139 million members globally.
  • Netflix originally operated as a DVD subscription service, but began streaming content in 2007.
  • A Giving Pledge member, he founded the Hastings Fund and pledged $100 million to children’s education.

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