I founded Netflix. I've built it steadily over 12 years now, first with DVD becoming profitable in 2002, a head-to-head ferocious battle with Blockbuster and evolving the company toward streaming.

" Netflix launched a service in 2007 to stream movies and television to a users' computers. "I found myself questioning how we packed our backpacks and how we made our beds" said Hastings. "I founded Netflix" he told an interviewer; "I've built it steadily over 12 years.

Wilmot Reed Hastings Jr. He is the CEO of Netflix and on the boards of Facebook and numerous non-profit organizations. (born October 8 1960) is an entrepreneur and education philanthropist.