Reed Hastings is remembered in business for decisions whose consequences outlived the decade that made them.
The record lists Reed Hastings as American entrepreneur and education philanthropist.
Reed Hastings was born at Boston in 1960. His recorded nationality is United States. He was educated at Bowdoin College and Stanford University.
Post-war business was mass-market and increasingly multinational, managed by professionals rather than owners.
He worked as entrepreneur, chief executive officer and philanthropist.
What a company leaves behind is usually infrastructure, habit and employment rather than a name.
That the business was built from United States shaped it: capital, regulation and market size differ by country, and they decide what is even attemptable.
Reed Hastings is still active, and the verdict on the career has not been reached.
Achievements
- Educated at Bowdoin College and Stanford University
