Overview
Categories:
Video,
Consumer Electronics,
Digital Entertainment
Founded Date:
Jan 1, 1997
Founders:
Mitch Lowe,
Marc Randolph,
Reed Hastings
Operating Status:
Active
Funding Status:
IPO
Last Funding Type:
Post-IPO Debt
Number of Employees:
1001-5000
Also Known As:
Kibble Inc.
Stock Symbol:
NASDAQ:NFLX
Company Type:
For Profit
Number of Exits:
1
Website:
www.netflix.com
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Netflix is an online platform that enables user to watch TV shows and movies on smart TVs, gaming consoles, PCs, Macs, mobiles, tablets, and so on. It provides its services under three segments: international streaming, domestic streaming, and domestic DVD.
The network enables members to access and view more than one billion hours of TV shows and movies per month, including Netflix original series. Members can play, pause, and resume watching its content without commercial breaks or commitments. The company also provides DVDs-by-mail membership services.
Netflix was founded in 1997 by Mitch Lowe, Reed Hastings, and Marc Randolph, and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California.
IPO
Stock Symbol:
NASDAQ:NFLX
Valuation at IPO:
$309,721,110
Money Raised at IPO:
$82,050,000
IPO Share Price:
$15.00
IPO Date:
May 23, 2002
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Current Team
Reed Hastings
Co-Founder & CEO
Kelly Bennett
Chief Marketing Officer
Jonathan Friedland
Chief Communications Officer
Matt Greer
Senior User Interface Engineer
Jen Dante
Director of Product Innovation
Roopa Tangirala
Engineering Manager
Brian McNeil
Senior Business Intelligence Architect
Mikey Cohen
Manager of Edge Gateway
Board Members and Advisors
Past Team
Rob Fry
Sr Security Architect
Ryland Degnan
Sr. Software Engineer
Antonio Molins
Research Manager - Discovery Algorithms Science
Andrew Coven
Director of Content Acquisition Engineering
Reid Benson
Manager, Paid Social Marketing
Xavier Amatriain
Research/Engineering Director
Manish Pandit
Engineering Manager, CE Cloud Services
Kelly Merryman
VP of Content Acquisition
