caption boards children birth_place image_size name birth_date spouse residence image article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
hastings at web 2.0 conference , 2005 facebook , kipp . dreambox -lrb- company -rrb- 2 boston , massachusetts , u.s. 200 reed hastings october 8 , 1960 patrician ann quillin california reed hastings , web 2.0 conference.jpg reed hastings
 wilmot reed hastings , jr. . co-founder and ceo of netflix bowdoin stanford university -lrb- m.s. , computer science , 1988 -rrb- college -lrb- b.s. , mathematics , 1983 -rrb-
reed hastings

wilmot reed hastings , jr. -lrb- born october 8 , 1960 -rrb- is an american entrepreneur and philanthropist .
he is the co-founder and ceo of netflix and serves on the boards of facebook and a number of non-profit organizations .
a former member of the california state board of education , hastings is an advocate for education reform through charter schools .
