Reed Hastings
Chairman, Netflix
$4.52B
as of 08/18/26
About Reed Hastings
Reed Hastings, cofounder and chairman of Netflix, revolutionized how the world is entertained.
Hastings cofounded Netflix in 1997, the same year he sold his first company, Pure Software. He took Netflix public in 2002.
Netflix originally operated as a DVD-by-mail subscription service, but began streaming content in 2007.
Hastings stepped down as co-CEO in 2023 and has been reducing his shareholding; he now owns less than 1% of Netflix shares.
In 2020, he and his wife Patty donated $120 million to two historically Black colleges and the United Negro College Fund. Their lifetime giving surpasses $2 billion.
Personal stats
Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
NetflixResidence
Santa Cruz, CaliforniaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
10/08/60 (age 65)Number of children
2Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Bowdoin College; Master of Science, Stanford UniversitySelf-made
self-madeReed Hastings’s fortune is worth
75K
troy ounces of gold
69K
median U.S. household
45K
median U.S. income
0.09%
U.S. credit card volume
0.018%
GDP of the United States
0.013%
United States debt
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Did you know?
Hastings holds a graduate degree in artificial intelligence from Stanford.
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