Reed Hastings co-founded Netflix in 1997 with Marc Randolph as a DVD-by-mail service and transformed it into the streaming giant that disrupted every broadcast network, cable company, and Hollywood studio. Born in Boston in 1960, Hastings graduated from Bowdoin and later earned a master's in AI from Stanford. Netflix's pivot from DVDs to streaming in 2007, its $100 million bet on House of Cards as the first major original content investment in 2013, and its expansion to 190 countries reshaped global entertainment consumption. The phrase "Netflix and chill" entered the cultural lexicon as a testament to how completely the company changed how humans watch content.
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