Reed Hastings

Wilmot Reed Hastings, Jr. (b. 8 October 1960 in Boston, Massachusetts ) is an American businessman and entrepreneur. He is the founder, CEO, president and chairman of the board of Netflix. Hastings attended high school at the Buckingham Browne & Nichols School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His father was a lawyer who once served in the Nixon administration, serving as...

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Companies Founded

Pure Software

Pure Software was founded in October 1991 by Reed Hastings, who later founded Netflix and continues to serve as Netflix's CEO. It was originally designed solely around a...

Netflix

Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) is the world's largest online movie rental service, offering more than 7 million subscribers access to 90,000 DVD titles plus a growing library...

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