Reed hastings was co-founder and ceo of netflix revolutionizing how the world is entertained. He owns about two shares of netflix which went public in 2002. In 1995 hastings co-founded netflix the same year in which he sold his first company pure software to rational software. Hastings also cofounded the technology company Pure Atria, which was bought by Acer. In 1997, Hastings was named one of the top 20 entrepreneurs under the age of 40 by Inc. magazine.