Reed Hastings

Reed Hastings is an American entrepreneur and education philanthropist, with an estimated net worth of ~$6.3B. He is a co-founder of Netflix. Wikidata NewsAPI

Business & SEC Activity

SEC EDGAR lists Hastings in connection with Netflix and Facebook/Meta, with 856 insider filings among 858 total filings. Recent filings include Form 4 reports, which disclose changes in an insider's ownership of company securities, and Form 144 notices, which signal a proposed sale of restricted or control securities. SEC EDGAR

Philanthropy

Three 2023 tax filings for organizations named Hastings Foundation reported combined assets of $41,394,147 and grants paid of $3,839,441. The Pasadena-based Hastings Foundation reported $10,409,097 in assets and $2,008,221 in grants; filings for similarly named foundations in Pittsburgh and Darien reported the remaining amounts. ProPublica 990

Political Activity

FEC records show at least 100 federal contributions in the most recent 100 contributions on file; this sampled set totaled $19,633,186.29. The sample's party breakdown was $18,658,886.29 classified as Unknown and $974,300 to Democratic recipients; its largest listed recipients were Republican Accountability PAC ($6,908,816.75), SMP ($4,993,069.54), HMP ($4,300,000), FF PAC ($1,000,000), and the DCCC ($826,400). FEC

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In the News

A Fortune article published August 18, 2026 reported that Hastings linked Netflix's 2001 layoffs—affecting roughly one-third of its workforce—to his view that companies are not families. NewsAPI