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Netflix

Streaming and entertainment company. Reed Hastings co-founded it, was CEO from 1999 to 2023 and chairman until 2026.

Of the 4 people here linked to Netflix, 1 is a founder and 1 is still there. 1 of them also appear at Anthropic. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.

Description and founding year: en.wikipedia.org. Each person's role links to its own source on their profile.

4 people at Netflix

Board

Role

Non-executive director
Source · high confidence. Listed under current international boards on the Econet group's page about him. No start year is stated there.
Still there
Telecommunications 6 / 4
Strive Masiyiwa
Founder and Executive Chairman, Econet Global and Cassava Technologies
professional/entrepreneurial · some · college degree
Founder

Role

Co-founder, CEO and chairman, 1997–2026
Source · high confidence. CEO until January 2023, then chairman. The 2026 end date is the announced June 2026 board departure per Wikipedia; not independently confirmed.
Past
Technology 2 / 1
Reed Hastings
Co-founder and former CEO, Netflix
elite · elite · graduate degree
Investor

Role

Investor, through his holding Groupe Arnault, 1999

Also at

Source · medium confidence. Wikipedia says Groupe Arnault invested in Netflix in 1999, citing a Variety report of a $30 million round. The holding, not Arnault personally, is named, and no source opened says whether the stake is still held.
Past
Fashion & Apparel 1 / 0
Bernard Arnault
Chairman and CEO, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton
affluent industrialist · elite · graduate degree

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