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Birth
Born on October 8, 1960. -
Went to Bowdoin College
Attended Bowdoin College for 4 years. -
Went to Stanford University
Attended Standorf in California. -
1st Job
His first job was at Adaptive Technology, where he worked under Audrey MacLean and made a tool for debugging software. -
First Accomplishment
This is when Hastimgs first founded Netflix, when it was just a tape/cassette renting service. -
Internet Television
Hastings belived that internet television would be huge in the following years, and he was corrcet. This brought his company big business. -
Setback #1
Experienced a big setback when they rised their prices up by 60% and experienced lashback from their customers. -
Setback #2
When their movie rental business wasn't working, they announced they would be spinning it off under a new name; Qwikster. That didn't work out too well for them, and he was asked to resign. -
Net Worth
Reed Hasting's Net Worth is $1.79 USS Billion. -
Retirement/Death
Reed Hasting is currently alive and well, and still in charge of the operations at Netflix. -
2 Personal Characteristics
People have said Hasting's is hard working and forgiving, which can come back to haunt him at times.
