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Reed Hastings

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Wilmot Reed Hastings Jr. (born October 8, 1960) is an American billionaire businessman. He is the co-founder and chairman of Netflix, Inc., which provides the Netflix streaming service. Hastings serves on a number of boards and works with various non-profit organizations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Reed Hastings is the 415th most popular businessperson (down from 380th in 2024), the 5,327th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,494th in 2019) and the 132nd most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Reed Hastings ranks 415 out of 847. Before him are Alan Lomax, Robert Monroe, Nino Cerruti, John Elkann, Kim Keon Hee, and Emil Rathenau. After him are Mikimoto Kōkichi, Gustav Wiederkehr, Lawrence Stroll, Ivy Lee, Stafford Beer, and Frédéric Vasseur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Reed Hastings ranks 174. Before him are Jon Huntsman Jr., Boris Pistorius, Ray Bourque, Andrés Gómez, Richard Sammel, and Yu Hua. After him are Hiam Abbass, Rimas Kurtinaitis, Robin Shou, Ian Rankin, Matt Sorum, and Temuera Morrison.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Reed Hastings ranks 5,327 out of 20,380. Before him are Barbara Harris (1935), Henry Cowell (1897), William P. Gottlieb (1917), Lainie Kazan (1940), Charles Fort (1874), and Walter De Maria (1935). After him are Mike Flanagan (1978), Berry Gordy (1929), Janet Asimov (1926), Zakk Wylde (1967), Playboi Carti (1996), and Sally Kirkland (1941).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Reed Hastings ranks 132. Before him are Edwin Drake (1819), Roy E. Disney (1930), Allen Klein (1931), Alan Lomax (1915), Robert Monroe (1915), and John Elkann (1976). After him are Ivy Lee (1877), Jim Walton (1948), David Geffen (1943), John Munro Longyear (1850), Clayton Christensen (1952), and William R. Orthwein (1881).

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