Reed Hastings

Reed Hastings is the man behind most of my late nights, and I mean that admiringly. What impresses me is not just that he co-founded Netflix and turned a mail-order DVD service into the engine that reshaped how the world watches stories, but that he refused to stop at money. As a former president of California's Board of Education and a champion of charter schools, he poured the same intensity into learning as into streaming. I respect founders who treat education and technology with equal seriousness. He may be the architect of global binge-watching, but I will let that slide.

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Name (English)

Reed Hastings

Name (Japanese)

リード・ヘイスティングス

Reading

りーど・へいすてぃんぐす

Born

October 8, 1960 (age 65)

Origin

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Occupation

entrepreneur / chief executive officer / philanthropist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rat

University

Bowdoin College

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Tags

• Massachusetts
• entrepreneur
• chief executive officer
• philanthropist

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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