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Reed Hastings

American entrepreneur and education philanthropist
Person human Q7306657

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21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[19]
Date of birth
October 8, 1960, 1960[6]
Place of birth
Boston
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Occupation
entrepreneur, chief executive officer, philanthropist
Field of work
entrepreneurship, philanthropy[10][11]
Position held
chief executive officer[12]
Educated at
Bowdoin College, Stanford University, Stanford Graduate School of Education, Buckingham Browne & Nichols School[13][14][15][16]
Father
Wilmot Reed Hastings[7]
Mother
Joan Amory Loomis[8]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[24]
Affiliation string
Netflix[27]
Birth name
Wilmot Reed Hastings, Jr.[25]
Family name
Hastings[21]
Given name
Reed[22]
Member of
Peace Corps, American Academy of Arts and Sciences[17][18]
Net worth
+6300000000[26]
Participant in
Global Conference 2021[23]
Residence
San Francisco[20]
Social media followers
141k (61k–141k, n=4)[28][29][30][31]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 53
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
247880518
Library of Congress authority ID
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GND ID
1218606932
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Reed Hastings, Web 2.0 Conference.jpg ↗
BBC Things ID
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BIBSYS ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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C-SPAN person numeric ID
71566
C-SPAN person string ID (deprecated)
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CANTIC ID
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CBDB.cz author ID
179568
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CiNii Research ID
1140005646342146064
CineMagia person ID
1546053
DBC author ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
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Databazeknih.cz author ID
138140
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
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FAST ID
1925857
Facebook username
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Freebase ID
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GTAA ID
1670580
Geni.com profile ID
6000000031923236054
IMDb ID
nm2484396
IdRef ID
242214096
InfluenceWatch ID
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JRC Names ID
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LinkedIn personal profile ID
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LittleSis people ID
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Munzinger person ID
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MusicBrainz artist ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
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NDL Authority ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NLAI ID
1652791
NUKAT ID
n2020032199
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987009046883605171
National Library of Latvia ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810713144405606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
42835551X
Notable Names Database ID
079/000124704
Our Campaigns candidate ID
290688
Parsifal cluster ID
124885
Personality Database profile ID
194472
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
142373
Prabook ID
1447031
RERO ID (legacy)
A028896477
SVKKL authority ID
0408711-Hastings-Reed-1960
TED speaker ID
reed_hastings
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058616144706706
WorldCat Entities ID
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X (Twitter) username
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Yale LUX ID
person/3784cb5c-a736-4be2-a2fd-92ed8147ee9b

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Occupation 3
entrepreneur, chief executive officer, philanthropist
Educated at 2
Stanford University, Bowdoin College
Field of work 2
entrepreneurship, philanthropy
Member of 2
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Peace Corps
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Founded entities 1
Netflix, Inc.
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Owned entities 1
Netflix, Inc.
Place of birth 1
Boston
Position held 1
chief executive officer
Residence 1
San Francisco
Sex or gender 1
male
← Board member 1
Netflix, Inc.
← Chief executive officer 1
Netflix, Inc.
← Signatory 1
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Reed Hastings was born on October 8, 1960, in Boston[1][2][3]. He is the son of Wilmot Reed Hastings[4]. For his education, he attended Buckingham Browne & Nichols School, Bowdoin College, Stanford University, and the Stanford Graduate School of Education.

He works as an entrepreneur, a chief executive officer, and a philanthropist[5][6]. His professional fields are entrepreneurship and philanthropy[6], and he has held the position of chief executive officer[7].

FAQs

Where was Reed Hastings born?

Reed Hastings's place of birth was Boston[2].

Who were Reed Hastings's parents?

Reed Hastings's father was Wilmot Reed Hastings[7]. Reed Hastings's mother was Joan Amory Loomis[8].

What did Reed Hastings do for work?

Reed Hastings worked as an entrepreneur[3], chief executive officer[4], and philanthropist[5].

Where did Reed Hastings go to school?

Reed Hastings was educated at Bowdoin College[13], Stanford University[14], Stanford Graduate School of Education[15], and Buckingham Browne & Nichols School[16].

Related Entities

entrepreneur entrepreneurship United States

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  1. [2] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Geni.com. wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . fortune.com. fortune.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  10. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [1] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . Global Conference 2021 - Speakers. wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . forbes.com. Retrieved . forbes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . Global Conference 2021 - Speakers. wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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    SVKKL authority ID → 0408711-Hastings-Reed-1960
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