Reed Hastings — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Co-founder and Chairman of Netflix, Inc., which provides the Netflix streaming service.
Serves as CEO of Powder.org since 2023.
Founded his first company, Pure Software, in 1991, which produced products to troubleshoot software.
Holds board memberships at Anthropic (since 2025), Bloomberg (since 2023), Khan Academy (since 2022), and Charter School Growth Fund (since 2021).
Former president of the California State Board of Education and an advocate for charter schools.
Graduated with a Master's in Computer Science from Stanford University in 1988 and a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics from Bowdoin College in 1983.
As of May 2025, Forbes estimated his net worth at $6.6 billion.

Biography

Wilmot Reed Hastings Jr. is an American billionaire businessman, best known as the co-founder and chairman of Netflix, Inc., the company behind the Netflix streaming service.

He currently serves as CEO of Powder.org, a role he has held since 2023. Hastings is also an active board member, contributing to organizations such as Anthropic (since 2025), Bloomberg (since 2023), Khan Academy (since 2022), and the Charter School Growth Fund (since 2021).