Reed Hastings

Hastings lives in [[Santa Cruz, California]].<ref name="Forbes profile"/> He is married to Patricia Ann Quillin and has two children.<ref name=PCOLStanford />

Hastings lives in [[Santa Cruz, California]].<ref name="Forbes profile"/> He is married to Patricia Ann Quillin and has two children.<ref name=PCOLStanford />

In 2020, Hastings and his wife donated $120 million to [[Morehouse College]] and [[Spelman College]] in Atlanta, Georgia.<ref name="bowdoin.edu"/> That same year, they donated $30 million to [[GAVI]] to support the [[COVAX]] [[COVID-19 vaccine]]s initiative.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gavi.org/sites/default/files/covid/covax/COVAX-AMC-Donors-Table.pdf |title=Key Outcomes: COVAX AMC 2021 |publisher=Gavi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Reed Hastings and Patty Quillin support Gavi with US$ 30 million donation|url=https://www.gavi.org/news/media-room/reed-hastings-and-patty-quillin-support-gavi-us-30-million-donation|access-date=2021-08-26|website=www.gavi.org|date=7 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

Hastings appeared in a front-page article in ''[[USA Today]]'' in 1995, posing on his [[Porsche]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB109786059137346731|title=Netflix's CEO Is Mobilizing For Battle With Amazon|first=Carl|last=Bialik|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=October 20, 2004|via=www.wsj.com}}</ref> Hastings eventually sold his Porsche for a [[Toyota Avalon]], but drives a [[Tesla, Inc.|Tesla]] as of 2020.<ref name=NYTSept2020/>

In January 2024, Hastings donated approximately $1.1 billion worth of Netflix stock to the [[Silicon Valley Community Foundation]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Spangler|first=Todd|title=Reed Hastings Grants $1.1 Billion Worth of Netflix Stock to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation|newspaper=Variety|date=January 30, 2024|url=https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/reed-hastings-netflix-stock-silicon-valley-community-foundation-1235891145/|access-date=July 4, 2025}}</ref> In March 2025, he donated $50 million to [[Bowdoin College]], his alma mater, to establish the Hastings Initiative for AI and Humanity.<ref>{{cite web|title=Announcing the Hastings Initiative for AI and Humanity|url=https://www.bowdoin.edu/news/2025/03/announcing-the-hastings-initiative-for-ai-and-humanity.html|website=Bowdoin College|access-date=July 4, 2025}}</ref>

In 2018, Hastings appeared in a podcast series by [[LinkedIn]] co-founder [[Reid Hoffman]], ''[[Masters of Scale]]'', and discussed the strategy adopted by Netflix to scale.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mastersofscale.com/reed-hastings-culture-shock/|title=Reed Hastings on Masters of Scale}}</ref>

In 2020, Hastings and his wife donated $30 million to [[GAVI]] to support the [[COVAX]] [[COVID-19 vaccine]]s initiative.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gavi.org/sites/default/files/covid/covax/COVAX-AMC-Donors-Table.pdf |title=Key Outcomes: COVAX AMC 2021 |publisher=Gavi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Reed Hastings and Patty Quillin support Gavi with US$ 30 million donation|url=https://www.gavi.org/news/media-room/reed-hastings-and-patty-quillin-support-gavi-us-30-million-donation|access-date=2021-08-26|website=www.gavi.org|date=7 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref> That same year, Hastings made a $120 million gift to [[Morehouse College]] and [[Spelman College]] in Atlanta, Georgia.<ref name="bowdoin.edu"/>

In [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|March 2022]], Hastings donated $1 million to [[Razom]], a Ukrainian nonprofit organization that procures emergency supplies and medical equipment, such as disposable resuscitators to treat the wounded.<ref>{{cite news

|author=Andrew Jeong

|language = en

|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/03/donate-ukraine-money-crypto/

|title =What people are donating to Ukraine and its refugees: Crypto, ammo, pet food and cash

|newspaper =The Washington Post

|date = 2022-03-03

|accessdate = 2022-03-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |language = en

|url = https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/netflix-co-founder-reed-hastings-announces-1-million-donation-towards-ukraine-relief/articleshow/89962953.cms

|title =Netflix co-CEO announces $1 mn donation towards Ukraine relief

|publisher = The Business Insider India

|date = 2022-03-03

|accessdate = 2022-03-08}}</ref> In June 2022, Hastings delivered the [[Commencement speech|commencement address]] at Stanford University.<ref>{{Cite web |last=University |first=Stanford |date=2022-06-12 |title=Reed Hastings urges Class of 2022 to harness the power of inventions and stories |url=https://news.stanford.edu/2022/06/12/reed-hastings-urges-class-2022-harness-power-inventions-stories/ |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=Stanford News |language=en}}</ref>

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