Reed Hastings

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  • birth

    birth

    Reed Hasting was born 0ctober 8 1960.
  • College

    College

    Reed Hastings studied mathematics at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in 1983.
  • Period: to

    joining peace core

    He went to teach math at a high school of around 800 students in rural northwest Swaziland from 1983 to 1985 after college.
  • going to Stanford

    going to Stanford

    After returning from the Peace Corps, Hastings went on to attend Stanford University after graduating in 1988 with a Master's Degree in Computer Science.
  • pure software

    pure software

    He became a software developer and he founded Pure Software in 1991 which he sold in 1997.
  • Idea for netflix

    Idea for netflix

    in 1997 Reed hasting got the idea for netflix after a gettting a late fee.
  • netflix was founded

    netflix was founded

    Netflix was founded by Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings on August 29, 1997
  • netflix switches from dvd to streaming

    netflix switches from dvd to streaming

    netflix changes from dvd to onkine based subsription.
  • netflix goes on phone

    netflix goes on phone

    netflix becomes avalible on phone in 2011 primarly on androids.
  • netflix producing movies

    netflix producing movies

    netflix switched to not just streaming but also producing movies in 2013
  • reeds biggest donation

    reeds biggest donation

    Reed Hasting made a 120 million dollar donation to colleges.
  • adds on netflix

    adds on netflix

    netflix added a cheaper streaming service in 2022
  • live streaming

    live streaming

    netfilx started to inorparate live streaming in 2023