Reed Hastings

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Reed Hastings is an American entrepreneur and business executive best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of Netflix, a pioneering company in video streaming and entertainment.


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instanceOf business executive
company founder
entrepreneur
human
awardReceived Henry Crown Fellowship of the Aspen Institute
birthName Wilmot Reed Hastings Jr.
boardMemberOf California State Board of Education
Facebook
KIPP Foundation
Microsoft
coAuthored No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
coFounderOf Netflix
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1960-10-08
degree Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics
Master of Science in Computer Science
education Bowdoin College
Stanford University
employer Netflix
familyName Hastings
fieldOfStudy computer science
mathematics
founded Pure Software
gender male
givenName Wilmot Reed
industry entertainment
technology
knownFor co-founding Netflix
leading the transition to video streaming at Netflix
militaryService United States Marine Corps officer training (did not complete)
name Reed Hastings
nationality American
netWorth billionaire (USD)
notableIdea Netflix culture of freedom and responsibility
notableWork building Netflix subscription DVD-by-mail business model
pioneering subscription video-on-demand streaming
numberOfChildren 2
occupation business executive
entrepreneur
philanthropist
philanthropicFocus charter schools
education reform
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts, United States
positionHeld CEO of Netflix
co-CEO of Netflix
executive chairman of Netflix
residence California, United States
service Peace Corps
spouse Patty Quillin
workedIn Swaziland


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