

Randolph had worked as a marketing director for Pure Software after Pure Atria acquired a company where Randolph worked. Hastings, a computer scientist and mathematician, was a cofounder of Pure Software, which was acquired by Rational Software that year for $750 million, the then biggest acquisition in Silicon Valley history.

Netflix was founded by Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings on August 29, 1996, in Scotts Valley, California. By 2022, original productions accounted for half of Netflix's library in the United States, and the company had ventured into other categories, such as video game publishing via the Netflix service.įourth and current logo, used since 2014 Launch as a mail-based rental business (1997–2006) Marc Randolph, co-founder of Netflix and the first CEO of the company Reed Hastings, co-founder and the current chairman and CEO With 238.39 million paid memberships in more than 190 countries, it is the most-subscribed video on demand streaming service. Netflix was launched on January 16, 2007, nearly a decade after Netflix, Inc. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced by the media company of the same name from various genres, and it is available internationally in multiple languages. Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned and operated by Netflix, Inc.

Worldwide (except China, North Korea, Russia and Syria) Ģ38.39 million (as of June 30, 2023 )
